BONNYVIEW WINDOWS LTD.

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SC171398 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-16

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 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£31.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 29.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £31,354

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,632 YoY

Cash YoY

+1373%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£869

↑ 1373% YoY

Net Worth

£31k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£32.3k	£36.2k
Current assets	£2.0k	£2.4k
Cash	£869	£59
Debtors	£1.1k	£2.3k
Net assets	£31.4k	£35.0k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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2024-10-10
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accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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officers · AP01
2019-01-15
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EADIE, Alison appointed
director
2018-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-14
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-29
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accounts · AA
2015-01-27
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-31
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accounts · AA
2002-03-04
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-05-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1998-01-01
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EADIE, William appointed
secretary
1997-12-31
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BROWN, Alexander resigned
secretary
1997-05-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1997-01-16
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Company incorporated
As BONNYVIEW WINDOWS LTD.
1997-01-16
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MCLAUGHLIN, Brian appointed
director
1997-01-16
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BROWN, Alexander appointed
secretary
1997-01-16
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-01-16
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-01-16
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-01-16
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Michael Mclaughlin Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/01/2017

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

Incorporated1997-01-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

2a Mid Road

Blairlinn Industrial Estate

Cumbernauld

G67 2TT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

EADIE, William→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-01

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Active

EADIE, Alison→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-01-15

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Active

MCLAUGHLIN, Brian→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-01-16

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Active

BROWN, Alexander→

secretary · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 1997-12-31

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 1997-01-16

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 1997-01-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	04/03/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	08/05/2001	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/05/1997	—

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