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

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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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
0
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 26 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 26 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
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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
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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