BO'NESS AND KINNEIL RAILWAY COMPANYLIMITED (THE)
🌳Matureactive
SC058707 · ltd · incorporated 1975-10-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49100
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (48/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
129 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-12-14➕SELLAR, Stuart Anderson appointeddirector
- 2009-11-15➖BURNIE, John Graham resigneddirector
- 2003-03-16➖PEDDIE, William Alexander resigneddirector
- 2002-10-01➕MACLEOD, Donald Ian Kerr appointedsecretary
- 2002-10-01➖BOYD, Andrew Alexander resignedsecretary
- 1975-10-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BO'NESS AND KINNEIL RAILWAY COMPANYLIMITED (THE)
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100
Registered office
17-19 North Street
Boness
West Lothian
EH51 0AQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
MACLEOD, Donald Ian Kerr→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
SELLAR, Stuart Anderson→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-12-14
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BOYD, Andrew Alexander→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-10-01
BURNIE, John Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2009-11-15
PEDDIE, William Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2003-03-16
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Recent filings (129 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-04