BALLOAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC211885 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-11

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 snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£537.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70221Financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £537,638

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£538k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£882k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£537.6k	£533.0k
Current assets	£881.9k	£882.2k
Debtors	£555.0k	£555.3k
Net assets	£537.6k	£533.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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address · AD01
2021-01-18
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address · AD01
2020-10-13
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address · AD01
2020-05-21
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accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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accounts · AA
2018-05-18
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accounts · AA
2017-11-03
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2017-11-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-10-30
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2017-08-01
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accounts · AA
2015-06-25
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MURRAY, Patricia Marleen resigned
director
2000-10-11
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Company incorporated
As BALLOAN LIMITED
2000-10-11
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MURRAY, Angus Patrick appointed
secretary
2000-10-11
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MURRAY, Angus Patrick appointed
director
2000-10-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-11
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MURRAY, Patricia Marleen appointed
director
2000-10-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-10-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Angus Murray Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Fraser Robert Murray Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Angus Patrick Murrayceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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

Incorporated2000-10-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 8 Golspie Business Park

Golspie

Sutherland

KW10 6UB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-25

Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, Angus Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Angus Patrick→

director · ~72y · appointed 2000-10-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2000-10-11

Resigned

MURRAY, Patricia Marleen→

director · ~69y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2015-06-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2000-10-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-02-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-03-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-23

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-05-13

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2020-10-13