BEE-LINE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

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SC175708 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-22
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£44.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £44,016

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£44k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£44.0k
Current assets£9.0k
Net assets£44.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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  2. 2025-09-10
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  3. 2024-09-17
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  4. 2023-11-06
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  5. 2022-11-01
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  6. 2021-11-29
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  7. 2020-12-04
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  8. 2019-11-01
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  9. 2018-11-23
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  10. 2017-11-24
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  11. 2016-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-07
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  13. 2016-02-29
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  14. 2015-05-27
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  15. 2002-08-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  16. 2002-04-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 1997-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BEE-LINE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 1997-05-22
    ➕
    MACKAY, Anne Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-05-22
    ➕
    MACKAY, Leslie appointed
    director
  20. 1997-05-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-05-22
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leslie Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/06/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-05-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

21 Craiglockhart Dell Road
Edinburgh
EH14 1JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACKAY, Anne Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-22
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Active
MACKAY, Leslie→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-05-22
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-22 · resigned 1997-05-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property07/08/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property10/04/2002—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-01