BELLISTON QUARRY COMPANY LTD. (THE)
🌳Matureactive
SC022558 · ltd · incorporated 1943-09-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 36.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08990
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27➖COOK, Jane Mitchell resigneddirector
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Wind Energy Direct Limited
- 2011-10-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Wind Energy Direct Limited
- 1991-08-30➕COOK, Alastair Andrew appointeddirector
- 1991-08-30➕COOK, Alexander appointeddirector
- 1989-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1943-09-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BELLISTON QUARRY COMPANY LTD. (THE)
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 83 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Cook Individual · British · DOB 06/1932 · age 94 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alexander Cook Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alastair Andrew Cook Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1943-09-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC08990 — SIC 08990
Registered office
- Scoonie Park
Leven
Fife
KY8 4TD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
COOK, Alastair Andrew→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1991-08-30
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COOK, Alexander→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1991-08-30
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Active
COOK, Jane Mitchell→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2025-03-27
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Wind Energy Direct Wind Energy Direct Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 10/10/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Wind Energy Direct Wind Energy Direct Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 07/10/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/09/1989 | — |
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Recent filings (90 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-06