BALEVULLIN LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC267064 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-27
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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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£69
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
54 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £69
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,509 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£69
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£33k£45k£56kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£69£20.6k
Current assets£15.1k£55.7k
Net assets£69£20.6k

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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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-04-28
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  4. 2022-02-11
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  5. 2021-04-22
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  6. 2020-07-30
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  7. 2018-11-02
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  8. 2018-04-03
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  9. 2017-01-20
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  10. 2016-05-24
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  11. 2015-11-17
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  12. 2015-05-16
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  13. 2015-04-30
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  14. 2015-02-17
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  15. 2015-02-17
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  16. 2014-08-01
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    SOMERVILLE, Fiona, Mrs. appointed
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  17. 2014-05-23
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  18. 2005-04-27
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    SOMERVILLE, Ronald Whitelaw resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-27
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    SOMERVILLE, Fiona, Mrs. appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-05-27
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    SOMERVILLE, Ronald Whitelaw appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-27
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    SOMERVILLE, Ronald Whitelaw appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-27
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  23. 2004-05-27
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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  24. 2004-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BALEVULLIN LTD.
  25. 2004-04-27
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  26. 2004-04-27
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ronald Whitelaw Somerville
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

36 Middlemuir Road
Lenzie
Glasgow
G66 4NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-01
Last: 2025-04-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SOMERVILLE, Fiona, Mrs.→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-27
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Active
SOMERVILLE, Fiona, Mrs.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-08-01
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Active
SOMERVILLE, Ronald Whitelaw→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-05-27
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Active
SOMERVILLE, Ronald Whitelaw→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-27 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-27 · resigned 2004-05-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-27 · resigned 2004-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-03