BILLY BOWIE TANKER SERVICES LIMITED
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Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2002-09-30➕BOWIE, Elaine appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-30➖LAMBERT, Robert Adamson resignedsecretary
- 1999-04-21➕LAMBERT, Robert Adamson appointedsecretary
- 1999-04-20➖BOWIE, Gail Clark resignedsecretary
- 1999-04-20➖BOWIE, Gail Clark resigneddirector
- 1997-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BILLY BOWIE TANKER SERVICES LIMITED
- 1997-04-17➕BOWIE, William Davidson appointeddirector
- 1997-04-17➕BOWIE, Gail Clark appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-17➕BOWIE, Gail Clark appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOWIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Davidson Bowie Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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