BALMARA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC776387 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-20
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£26.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £26,085

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
Net Worth
£26k
Current Assets
£54k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£77.9k
Current assets£54.2k
Cash£53.3k
Debtors£900
Net assets£26.1k

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

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMARA LTD
  5. 2023-07-20
    WALKER, Megan Ann appointed
    secretary
  6. 2023-07-20
    WALKER, Jordi appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

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
Mr Jordi Walker
Individual · British · DOB 04/1997 · age 29
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/07/2023
Mrs Megan Ann Walker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/03/2024

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
Incorporated2023-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

43 Fraser Crescent Inverallochy
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 8YG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WALKER, Megan Ann
secretary · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active
WALKER, Jordi
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-20