BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED

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SC154602 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 31.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.52M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

142 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,523,324

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£719k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£1.5m

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£2.8m

↓ 1.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.58M	£1.42M
Current assets	£2.77M	£2.82M
Cash	£719.0k	£631.4k
Debtors	£2.05M	£2.19M
Net assets	£1.52M	£1.30M

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-07
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mortgage · MR04
2025-03-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-07
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-03-07
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-10-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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GRIER, Colin Robert appointed
director
2020-10-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2020-08-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2020-08-08
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MCGILL, Gerald Michael appointed
director
2020-07-27
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HEAD, Christopher Graham resigned
director
2020-07-27
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WINDUS, Jonathan Bennett resigned
director
2020-07-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-07-24
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VINE, Cleveland Francis Jack resigned
director
2018-09-09
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HEAD, Christopher Graham appointed
director
2018-09-05
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SUGDEN, Andrew resigned
director
2013-07-09
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KNIGHT, Richard Denys resigned
director
2013-07-09
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SUGDEN, Andrew appointed
director
2007-11-01
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KNIGHT, Richard Denys appointed
director
2007-10-09
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OSTROM, Christopher John resigned
director
2006-10-26
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WINDUS, Jonathan Bennett appointed
director
2006-09-15
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HEALY, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2006-02-17
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BENNETT, Ralph Francis Meyler resigned
director
2006-02-01
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HEALY, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2006-02-01
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OSTROM, Christopher John appointed
director
2003-11-17
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VINE, Cleveland Francis Jack appointed
director
2003-07-18
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BENNETT, Ralph Francis Meyler appointed
director
2003-07-18
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VINE, Cleveland Francis Jack resigned
director
2001-08-01
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GREEN, Eric appointed
secretary
2001-06-30
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JACK, Leslie Macrurie resigned
secretary
2001-06-30
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JACK, Leslie Macrurie resigned
director
1997-09-11
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VINE, Cleveland Francis Jack appointed
director
1995-03-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1995-01-25
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REEVES, Alan William resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Bds (Dumfries) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bds (Dumfries) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED

This company · SC154602

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bds (Dumfries) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/12/2021

6 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Eric Greenceased 24/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Ms Lesley Craig Whyteceased 24/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Scottish Enterprise Dumfries And Gallowayceased 21/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Ms Lesley Craig Whyteceased 03/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Eric Greenceased 03/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Nielsen Book Services Ltdceased 27/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1994-11-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Annandale House

The Crichton

Dumfries

Dumfriesshire

DG1 4TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24