BADGESUPERSTORE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC177408 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-54.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £54,642

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£55k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£73k-£58k-£43k-£28k-£13k£3kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-53.6k£-71.5k
Current assets£2.0k£2.5k
Net assets£-54.6k£-72.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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  3. 2024-02-26
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  4. 2023-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-04-30
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  9. 2018-04-26
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  10. 2017-08-01
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-07-22
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    LOW, James appointed
    director
  17. 2001-05-07
    ➕
    LOW, Gillian Patricia appointed
    director
  18. 2001-05-07
    ➖
    LOW, James resigned
    director
  19. 2000-10-03
    ➖
    RUSSELL, Robert resigned
    director
  20. 1997-11-01
    ➖
    RAVEY, Joseph resigned
    director
  21. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    LOW, James appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-08-26
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    LOW, James appointed
    director
  24. 1997-08-26
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    RAVEY, Joseph appointed
    director
  26. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Robert appointed
    director
  27. 1997-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BADGESUPERSTORE LTD
  28. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Low
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence21/07/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

12 Nursery Grove
Stonehouse
Larkhall
ML9 3RT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LOW, James→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-26
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Active
LOW, Gillian Patricia→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-05-07
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Active
LOW, James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-21 · resigned 1997-08-26
Resigned
LOW, James→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2001-05-07
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-07-21 · resigned 1997-08-26
Resigned
RAVEY, Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 1997-11-01
Resigned
RUSSELL, Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2000-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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2026-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-30