BFE PROPERTIES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC604694 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-08
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-06
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-05-31
    ➕
    IZATT, Hazel Anne appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-03-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BFE PROPERTIES LTD
  14. 2018-08-08
    ➕
    BOWEN, Andrew Dunbar appointed
    director
  15. 2018-08-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 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 70 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 Andrew Dunbar Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/08/2018

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
Incorporated2018-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

5 Main Street
Low Valleyfield
Fife
KY12 8TF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOWEN, Andrew Dunbar→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-08-08
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Active
IZATT, Hazel Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-05-31
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-08