BGH CONTRACTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC327835 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-16
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£137.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
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. 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, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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 £137,350
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,541 YoY
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£55k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Net Worth
£137k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£30k£60k£91k£121k£151kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£181.0k£184.9k
Current assets£59.4k£58.8k
Cash£54.9k£56.7k
Debtors£4.4k£2.1k
Net assets£137.3k£150.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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  2. 2025-04-21
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2023-04-24
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  5. 2022-04-06
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  6. 2021-03-24
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  7. 2021-03-22
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  8. 2020-03-24
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  9. 2019-03-27
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  10. 2018-04-30
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  11. 2016-12-17
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  12. 2016-01-13
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  13. 2015-08-11
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  14. 2015-03-30
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  15. 2014-07-24
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  16. 2007-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BGH CONTRACTS LIMITED
  17. 2007-07-16
    HILL, Linsay appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-16
    HILL, Brian Gordon appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Brian Gordon Hill
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation

Registered office

8 Park Place, Lunanhead
Forfar
Angus
DD8 3NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HILL, Linsay
secretary · appointed 2007-07-16
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HILL, Brian Gordon
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-07-16
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Recent filings (42 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-18