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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
67 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
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 · 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
—
£0£176k£353k£529k£706k£882kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-10-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-11-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-10-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2017-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-25
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    MURRAY, Patricia Marleen resigned
    director
  18. 2000-10-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BALLOAN LIMITED
  19. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    MURRAY, Angus Patrick appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    MURRAY, Angus Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-11
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    MURRAY, Patricia Marleen appointed
    director
  24. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-10-11
    ➖
    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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Angus Murray
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Fraser Robert Murray
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
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.

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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