BALCOMIE CONSULTANTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC535648 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-07-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-07-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-04
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-03
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-08-30
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2016-08-30
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2016-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BALCOMIE CONSULTANTS LTD
  18. 2016-05-17
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    FULTON, Carol appointed
    director
  19. 2016-05-17
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    FULTON, Robin David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robin David Fulton
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 St. Colme Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FULTON, Carol→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-05-17
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Active
FULTON, Robin David→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-05-17
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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18