BALBIRNIE ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC294659 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-19
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-01-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-01-20
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    BALFOUR, John Alexander appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-01-20
    ➖
    TURCAN CONNELL resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2005-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BALBIRNIE ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    BALFOUR, John Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    BALFOUR, Robert William appointed
    director
  21. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert William Balfour
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares19/12/2016
Mr John Alexander Balfour
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
——sig. influencesignificant influence19/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Pitillock Farm
Freuchie
Cupar
Fife
KY15 7JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BALFOUR, John Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-20
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Active
BALFOUR, John Alexander→
director · ~47y · appointed 2005-12-19
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Active
BALFOUR, Robert William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-12-19
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Active
TURCAN CONNELL→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-19 · resigned 2013-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-11