BIG BOX HOLDINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC656896 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-10

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£113.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52103

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £113,051

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£113k

↑ 152% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£113.1k	£44.8k
Current assets	£4.6k	£4.2k
Net assets	£113.1k	£44.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-03
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-05-24
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
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LYNASS, Cheryl Ann appointed
secretary
2020-03-11
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officers · AP03
2020-03-11
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officers · AP01
2020-03-11
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officers · TM01
2020-03-10
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Company incorporated
As BIG BOX HOLDINGS LTD
2020-03-10
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FERRIER, John Coleman appointed
director
2020-03-10
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LORIMER, Thomas White appointed
director
2020-03-10
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LORIMER, Thomas White appointed
director
2020-03-10
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LORIMER, Thomas White resigned
director
2020-03-10
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Coleman Ferrier Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/03/2020

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

Incorporated2020-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Universal Electrical Supplies

3 South Elgin Place

Clydebank

G81 1XP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LYNASS, Cheryl Ann→

secretary · appointed 2020-03-11

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Active

FERRIER, John Coleman→

director · ~65y · appointed 2020-03-10

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Active

LORIMER, Thomas White→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-03-10

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Active

LORIMER, Thomas White→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-03-10 · resigned 2020-03-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-11-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-21

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-06-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-02

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-15

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-05-25

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-05-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-14