B.B.C. MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC097580 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-28
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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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-11.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
102 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,823
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 92% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k-£4k£3k£11k£18k£26kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-11.8k£-6.2k
Current assets£21.4k£26.0k
Cash£20.8k£25.3k
Net assets£-11.8k£-6.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-01
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-09-09
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  5. 2021-07-28
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  6. 2020-10-30
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  7. 2019-07-31
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  8. 2018-09-27
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  9. 2018-07-30
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  10. 2017-07-28
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  11. 2016-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-13
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  13. 2016-04-13
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-04-06
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    REID, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-04-06
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    REID, Gordon resigned
    director
  16. 2015-10-19
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  17. 2015-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-10-15
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    BLYTH, Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-15
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    BLYTH, John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-10-15
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    BLYTH, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-10-15
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    BLYTH, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-10-15
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    REID, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-10-15
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    REID, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-10-15
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    REID, Irene appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-10-15
    ➖
    REID, Irene resigned
    secretary
  26. 2005-10-15
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    BLYTH, Alexander resigned
    director
  27. 2005-10-15
    ➖
    BLYTH, John resigned
    director
  28. 2000-02-29
    ➖
    BLYTH, Alexander resigned
    director
  29. 1986-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As B.B.C. MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Blyth
Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Blyth
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

14 Newton Place
Glasgow
G3 7PY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

BLYTH, Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLYTH, John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLYTH, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-15 · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
REID, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-15 · resigned 2016-04-06
Resigned
REID, Gordon→
secretary · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
REID, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-15 · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
BLYTH, Alexander→
director · ~77y · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
BLYTH, Alexander→
director · ~91y · resigned 2000-02-29
Resigned
BLYTH, John→
director · ~73y · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
REID, Gordon→
director · ~80y · resigned 2016-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
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accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-12