BCQ SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 18130SIC 18130
- 53100Postal activities under universal service obligation
- 62012Business and domestic software development
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.8y
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Newest facility, 2.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Turnover | £9.87M |
| Gross profit | £3.23M |
| Profit before tax | £-1.04M |
| Average employees | 9800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-16➖DREW, John Neil resigneddirector
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2023-11-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2023-09-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
- 2023-08-16✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-08-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BCQ SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2023-08-10➕MACE, David appointedsecretary
- 2023-08-10➕MACE, David Edward appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10➕MAKINEN, Martin Toumas appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10➕DREW, John Neil appointeddirector
- 2023-08-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
William Pollard And Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
William Pollard And Company Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/08/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”) | A registered charge | — | 20/09/2023 | — |