BI6 LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC243096 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£16.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51102
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 51220SIC 51220
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
62 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,506

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£996
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 253% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£11k£354£12k£23k£34k£45kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£22.2k£-10.8k
Current assets£36.9k£45.0k
Cash£996—
Debtors£35.9k—
Net assets£16.5k£-10.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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  2. 2025-11-28
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-01
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    MICHALUK, Malcolm Douglas resigned
    director
  4. 2025-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-06-24
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  7. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-01-30
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  9. 2022-01-13
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  10. 2021-04-29
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  11. 2020-09-21
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    address · AD01
  12. 2020-01-31
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  13. 2019-01-29
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  14. 2018-01-31
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  15. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-10-08
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    ANDREW, William Baillie resigned
    director
  18. 2008-11-03
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    MICHALUK, Malcolm Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-09
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    MICHALUK, Veronica appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-01
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    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-04-01
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    MACGREGOR-GUNN, Oxana resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BI6 LTD.
  23. 2003-01-29
    ➕
    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer appointed
    director
  24. 2003-01-29
    ➕
    MACGREGOR-GUNN, Oxana appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-01-29
    ➕
    ANDREW, William Baillie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 66. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Gerald Robert Michaluk
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102

Registered office

Arran Brewery Guest House
Whiting Bay
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-01
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Active
MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-01-29
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Active
MICHALUK, Veronica→
director · ~37y · appointed 2007-02-09
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Active
MACGREGOR-GUNN, Oxana→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-29 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
ANDREW, William Baillie→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-01-29 · resigned 2013-10-08
Resigned
MICHALUK, Malcolm Douglas→
director · ~36y · appointed 2008-11-03 · resigned 2025-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16