BALBEGGIE STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC284668 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-01-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-09-11
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    NESS, Thomas Beveridge resigned
    director
  18. 2006-05-25
    ➕
    RODGERS, Linda appointed
    director
  19. 2005-07-20
    ➕
    THOMSON, James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-20
    ➕
    THOMSON, James appointed
    director
  21. 2005-07-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-07-20
    ➕
    NESS, Thomas Beveridge appointed
    director
  23. 2005-07-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BALBEGGIE STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED
  25. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Linda Rodger
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Brewness
Balbeggie Avenue
Kirkcaldy
KY1 3NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

THOMSON, James→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RODGERS, Linda→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, James→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-12 · resigned 2005-07-20
Resigned
NESS, Thomas Beveridge→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-07-20 · resigned 2010-09-11
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-12 · resigned 2005-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30