BELLSDYKE STABLES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC383483 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-11

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

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£-1.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,350

Cash YoY

-27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 27% YoY

Net Worth

-£1k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£-1.4k	£-2.2k
Current assets	£6.1k	£7.5k
Cash	£3.6k	£5.0k
Debtors	£2.5k	£2.5k
Net assets	£-1.4k	£-2.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-06-13
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AAMD
2017-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-08-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-08-11
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Company incorporated
As BELLSDYKE STABLES LTD.
2010-08-11
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WYLIE, Margaret-Ann West appointed
secretary
2010-08-11
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WYLIE, Alan Robb appointed
director
2010-08-11
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WYLIE, Margaret-Ann West appointed
director
2010-08-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-08-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-08-11
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-08-11
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Robb Wylie Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret-Ann West Wylie Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

22 Backbrae Street

Kilsyth

Glasgow

G65 0NH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WYLIE, Margaret-Ann West→

secretary · appointed 2010-08-11

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Active

WYLIE, Alan Robb→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-08-11

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Active

WYLIE, Margaret-Ann West→

director · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-11

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2010-08-11

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2010-08-11

Resigned

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