BHDL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC723266 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46660
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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 employees2200

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.

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-21
    LOVIE, Hazel appointed
    director
  5. 2022-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-02-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BHDL LTD
  8. 2022-02-15
    LOVIE, William Wiseman appointed
    director
  9. 2022-02-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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
Mrs Hazel Lovie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/02/2022
Mr William Wiseman Lovie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46660 — SIC 46660

Registered office

11 Cairnie View
Westhill
AB32 6NB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LOVIE, Hazel
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-04-21
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Active
LOVIE, William Wiseman
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-02-15
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-15