B M CONTRACTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC243721 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,639
Very low cash
Cash position: £14
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 124% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£39k-£4k£31k£66k£101k£136kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£118.2k£1.6k
Current assets£77.7k£136.4k
Cash£14£10
Debtors£77.6k£136.4k
Net assets£9.6k£-39.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
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filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2023-01-24
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  5. 2022-03-16
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  6. 2021-03-25
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  7. 2019-12-30
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  8. 2018-12-17
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  9. 2017-12-21
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  10. 2016-12-23
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  11. 2016-02-20
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  12. 2015-11-10
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  13. 2015-02-13
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  15. 2014-03-24
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  16. 2004-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 2003-10-31
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    MITCHELL, David resigned
    director
  18. 2003-10-31
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    MITCHELL, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2003-10-31
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    MITCHELL, Wilma resigned
    director
  20. 2003-04-02
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    MITCHELL, David appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-02
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    MITCHELL, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-02
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    MITCHELL, Wilma appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As B M CONTRACTS LTD.
  24. 2003-02-11
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    MITCHELL, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-02-11
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    MITCHELL, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    director
  26. 2003-02-11
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    MITCHELL, Quintin William appointed
    director
  27. 2003-02-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  28. 2003-02-11
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  29. 2003-02-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2003-02-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Quintin William Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Mary Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Woodneuk Farm
Hillside Road, Barrhead
Glasgow
G78 1ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MITCHELL, Elizabeth Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-11
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Active
MITCHELL, Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-02-11
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Active
MITCHELL, Quintin William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-11
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned
MITCHELL, David→
director · ~91y · appointed 2003-04-02 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
MITCHELL, Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-04-02 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
MITCHELL, Wilma→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-04-02 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/01/2004—
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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-22