B.B.C. MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED

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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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£-20.2k

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £20,221

Cash draining

Cash down 67% YoY

Cash YoY

-67%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7k

↓ 67% YoY

Net Worth

-£20k

↓ 71% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↓ 65% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£-20.2k	£-11.8k	£-6.2k
Current assets	£7.5k	£21.4k	£26.0k
Cash	£6.8k	£20.8k	£25.3k
Debtors	£378	—	—
Net assets	£-20.2k	£-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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-07-15
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2025-10-13
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2025-10-01
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2023-07-28
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2022-09-09
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2021-07-28
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2020-10-30
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2019-07-31
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2018-09-27
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2018-07-30
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2017-07-28
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2016-07-29
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2016-04-13
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2016-04-13
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officers · TM02
2016-04-06
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REID, Gordon resigned
secretary
2016-04-06
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REID, Gordon resigned
director
2015-10-19
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2005-10-15
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BLYTH, Alexander appointed
director
2005-10-15
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BLYTH, John appointed
director
2005-10-15
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BLYTH, Alexander appointed
secretary
2005-10-15
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BLYTH, Alexander resigned
secretary
2005-10-15
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REID, Gordon appointed
secretary
2005-10-15
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REID, Gordon resigned
secretary
2005-10-15
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REID, Irene appointed
secretary
2005-10-15
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REID, Irene resigned
secretary
2005-10-15
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BLYTH, Alexander resigned
director
2005-10-15
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BLYTH, John resigned
director
2000-02-29
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BLYTH, Alexander resigned
director
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Blyth Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77	50–75%	25–50%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Blyth Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73	50–75%	25–50%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

BLYTH, Alexander→

director · ~77y · appointed 2005-10-15

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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 (103 total)

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2026-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

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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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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