B.G.S.PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC060598 · ltd · incorporated 1976-08-31
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-146.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.5y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £146,587
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
-£147k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£51k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-121.4k | £-127.6k |
| Current assets | £50.8k | £53.2k |
| Cash | £1.9k | £3.1k |
| Debtors | £36.2k | £32.0k |
| Net assets | £-146.6k | £-157.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
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 (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2006-06-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2005-12-26➖COOPER, James Murray resigneddirector
- 2004-11-22➕STEVENSON, Douglas Buchan appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-22➖EVANS, John Douglas resignedsecretary
- 2003-11-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
- 2003-07-30➕EVANS, John Douglas appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-25➖HAGGART, John resignedsecretary
- 1996-04-22➕HAGGART, John appointedsecretary
- 1996-04-19➖RAVENHALL, Donald John Campbell resignedsecretary
- 1976-08-31🏢Company incorporatedAs B.G.S.PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Brownie Garden Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Douglas Buchan Stevenson Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities
Registered office
4 Royal Crescent
Glasgow
G3 7SL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
STEVENSON, Douglas Buchan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-11-22
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Active
Active
EVANS, John Douglas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2004-11-22
HAGGART, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 2003-07-25
RAVENHALL, Donald John Campbell→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1996-04-19
COOPER, James Murray→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2005-12-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 07/06/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/11/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (108 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24