BELLMILL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC154449 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-23

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

Current Assets

£2

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30
Total assets	£2
Current assets	£2
Net assets	£2

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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accounts · AAMD
2026-01-15
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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accounts · AA
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2020-09-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-02
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accounts · AA
2015-12-07
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accounts · AA
2015-12-07
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annual-return · AR01
1995-10-25
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HARDIE ASH & COMPANY appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-10-25
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HARDIE, Graham Innes resigned
secretary
1995-10-25
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HARDIE, Graham Innes resigned
director
1995-02-06
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HARDIE, Anne Susan appointed
director
1995-02-06
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HARDIE, Graham Innes appointed
secretary
1995-02-06
➖
REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1995-02-06
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HARDIE, Graham Innes appointed
director
1995-02-06
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1994-11-23
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Company incorporated
As BELLMILL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
1994-11-23
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1994-11-23
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Mrs Anne Susan Hardie Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Graham Innes Hardie Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1994-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

West Auchlea

Kingswells

Aberdeen

AB15 8ST

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-07

Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HARDIE ASH & COMPANY→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-10-25

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Active

HARDIE, Anne Susan→

director · ~72y · appointed 1995-02-06

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Active

HARDIE, Graham Innes→

secretary · appointed 1995-02-06 · resigned 1995-10-25

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-23 · resigned 1995-02-06

Resigned

HARDIE, Graham Innes→

director · ~74y · appointed 1995-02-06 · resigned 1995-10-25

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-11-23 · resigned 1995-02-06

Resigned

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