BIANCO INTERNATIONAL LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC252010 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-02-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-02-07➖SKINNER, Mark Stephen resigneddirector
- 2016-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-09✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2013-08-07➖THOMSON, Brian Philip resignedsecretary
- 2013-08-07➖THOMSON, Brian Philip resigneddirector
- 2012-02-07➕BIANCO, Jeanne Martine Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2012-02-07➕BIANCO, Paolo appointeddirector
- 2006-08-14➕THOMSON, Brian Philip appointedsecretary
- 2006-08-14➖STRONACHS resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-10➖NEILSON, Ewan Craig resignednominee-director
- 2003-07-10➕SKINNER, Mark Stephen appointeddirector
- 2003-07-10➕THOMSON, Brian Philip appointeddirector
- 2003-07-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BIANCO INTERNATIONAL LTD
- 2003-07-01➕STRONACHS appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-01➕NEILSON, Ewan Craig appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIANCO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
John Bell Pipeline Equipment Co Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
John Bell Pipeline Equipment Co Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BIANCO INTERNATIONAL LTD
This company · SC252010
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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John Bell Pipeline Equipment Co Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Jeanne Martine Elizabeth Bianco Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Paolo Bianco Individual · Italian · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mark Stephen Skinnerceased 07/02/2017· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
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| AOSS LIMITED→ SC555542 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| FERGUSON LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ SC582777 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| FIDELIS SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC375372 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| FIFTEEN93 LIMITED→ SC778197 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FORKS CORKS LTD→ SC864660 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| G & J JACK SEAFOODS LIMITED→ SC111952 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| GAULD'S FRUIT & VEG LTD.→ SC236213 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| GEORGE DONALD (WAREHOUSEMAN) LIMITED→ SC031200 · est 1955 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 70y | — | — |
| GEORGE SIM (FRUITERER) LIMITED→ SC035387 · est 1960 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 65y | — | — |
| GLOBAL YOUTH AGRITECH NETWORK CIC→ SC850480 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GOLF WORLD CORPORATE LTD.→ SC404149 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
Units 3/4 Camiestone Road
Thainstone Industrial Park
Thainstone, Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 5GT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
BIANCO, Jeanne Martine Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2012-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BIANCO, Paolo→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2012-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMSON, Brian Philip→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-08-14 · resigned 2013-08-07
STRONACHS→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2006-08-14
NEILSON, Ewan Craig→
Resignednominee-director · ~68y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-10
SKINNER, Mark Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2017-02-07
THOMSON, Brian Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2013-08-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-09-11