BALMUIR ESTATES NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC210639 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
66 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-29
    ➖
    BENTLEY, Ronald Edward Sharp resigned
    director
  3. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2002-11-15
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Malcolm Kenneth Sharp appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-15
    ➖
    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Charles James Sharp appointed
    director
  20. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    BENTLEY, John William Sharp appointed
    director
  21. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Ronald Edward Sharp appointed
    director
  22. 2000-12-16
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Malcolm Kenneth Sharp appointed
    director
  23. 2000-12-16
    ➖
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 2000-09-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BALMUIR ESTATES NOMINEES LIMITED
  25. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-09-04
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Aytounhill House
Newburgh
Cupar
KY14 6JH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BENTLEY, Malcolm Kenneth Sharp→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENTLEY, Charles James Sharp→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-03-20
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Active
BENTLEY, John William Sharp→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENTLEY, Malcolm Kenneth Sharp→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORNTONS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2002-11-15
Resigned
BENTLEY, Ronald Edward Sharp→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2024-09-29
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2000-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-16