BIBLICHOR LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC525025 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18130
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 58110Book publishing
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,732
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,821 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£11k£15k£19kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.5k£18.3k
Current assets£7.9k£19.2k
Net assets£6.7k£17.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-04-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2021-05-14
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2021-04-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2020-02-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2020-02-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2016-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BIBLICHOR LTD
  18. 2016-01-25
    ➕
    PEEBLES, Gavin James Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2016-01-25
    ➕
    PEEBLES, Kirsty Joanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Gavin James Thomas Peebles
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Kirsty Joanne Peebles
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18130 — SIC 18130

Registered office

Unit 6 Cavalry Park Business Centre
Cavalry Park
Peebles
EH45 9BU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PEEBLES, Gavin James Thomas→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-25
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Active
PEEBLES, Kirsty Joanne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-25
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-11