BC BUILDING SPECIALIST LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC766101 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£89
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23320
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £89
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£89
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 248% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£18.3k£16.1k
Current assets£8.1k£2.3k
Net assets£89£54

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-30
    LISTER, Jordan Mckenzie resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-04-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BC BUILDING SPECIALIST LIMITED
  11. 2023-04-16
    CRAIG, Blair James appointed
    director
  12. 2023-04-16
    LISTER, Jordan Mckenzie appointed
    director
  13. 2023-04-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-03-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Blair James Craig
Individual · British · DOB 09/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jordan Mckenzie Listerceased 30/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23320 — SIC 23320

Registered office

6a Croft Street
Penicuik
EH26 9DJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-26
Last: 2025-04-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CRAIG, Blair James
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-04-16
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Active
LISTER, Jordan Mckenzie
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-04-16 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-16