A BULLOCH & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC532263 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-11
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£283.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.7y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £283,353
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
£283k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£427k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£104k£209k£313k£418k£522kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£283.4k£173.7k
Current assets£426.8k£522.2k
Cash£5.3k£47.8k
Debtors£320.1k£388.3k
Net assets£283.4k£173.7k

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

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-01
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ferovinum LTD
  4. 2025-05-02
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-04-22
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    BARCLAY, Colin Shields appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-09-08
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    address · AD01
  11. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-30
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  13. 2021-07-13
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  14. 2020-10-05
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  15. 2019-09-05
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  16. 2019-09-04
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    BARCLAY, Colin Shields resigned
    director
  17. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-02
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    BARCLAY, Colin Shields appointed
    director
  19. 2019-07-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-02-05
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    officers · AP01
  23. 2019-01-29
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    BARCLAY, David Ellis appointed
    director
  24. 2019-01-29
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Anna Frances appointed
    director
  25. 2019-01-29
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    BARCLAY, Colin Shields resigned
    director
  26. 2016-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As A BULLOCH & COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    BARCLAY, Colin Shields appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Ball
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/05/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Bellemoor Ltdceased 22/05/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2016-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Caledonia House
89 Seaward Street
Glasgow
G41 1HJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-24
Last: 2025-04-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARCLAY, Colin Shields→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARCLAY, David Ellis→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Anna Frances→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARCLAY, Colin Shields→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-07-02 · resigned 2019-09-04
Resigned
BARCLAY, Colin Shields→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-04-11 · resigned 2019-01-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ferovinum
Ferovinum LTD
A registered charge—30/07/2025—
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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-13