B B STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC093925 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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  2. 2024-10-14
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  3. 2023-07-21
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2021-10-01
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  6. 2020-10-23
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  7. 2020-01-16
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  8. 2020-01-16
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  9. 2019-10-11
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  10. 2019-03-19
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  11. 2019-03-14
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  12. 2019-03-14
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  13. 2019-03-14
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  14. 2019-03-14
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  15. 2019-03-12
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  16. 2019-02-22
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  17. 2019-02-06
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    BANNERMAN, Ross Mackenzie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2019-02-06
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    BANNERMAN, Ross Mackenzie appointed
    director
  19. 2019-02-06
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    BUCHAN, Barry Donaldson resigned
    secretary
  20. 2019-02-06
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    BUCHAN, Barry Donaldson resigned
    director
  21. 2018-10-19
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  22. 1985-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As B B STORAGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bannerman Company Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Bannerman Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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B B STORAGE LIMITED
This company · SC093925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bannerman Company Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1985-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

The Burgage
Knockbreck Road
Tain
IV19 1BW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BANNERMAN, Ross Mackenzie→
secretary · appointed 2019-02-06
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Active
BANNERMAN, Iain Alasdair→
director · ~84y
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Active
BANNERMAN, Robert Ross→
director · ~82y
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Active
BANNERMAN, Ross Mackenzie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-02-06
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Active
BUCHAN, Barry Donaldson→
secretary · resigned 2019-02-06
Resigned
BUCHAN, Barry Donaldson→
director · ~79y · resigned 2019-02-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
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2025-10-22
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2024-12-10
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2024-10-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
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accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
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accounts · AA
2020-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29