BOWCOM EXPORTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC329932 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-28

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£36.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -86% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.7y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £36,410

Cash draining

Cash down 86% YoY

Cash YoY

-86%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 86% YoY

Net Worth

£36k

↑ 380% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↓ 65% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£36.4k	£7.6k
Current assets	£1.13M	£3.20M
Cash	£6.4k	£46.3k
Debtors	£1.12M	£2.84M
Net assets	£36.4k	£7.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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2025-05-07
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2024-03-27
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2023-04-05
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2022-05-26
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accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts · AA
2020-06-27
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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address · AD01
2019-05-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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mortgage · MR04
2018-12-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-09-19
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officers · CH01
2016-09-19
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officers · CH01
2016-09-19
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officers · CH03
2013-07-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Synergy in Trade LTD
2008-08-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-03-31
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BOW, David appointed
secretary
2008-03-31
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BOW, David appointed
director
2008-03-31
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BOW, Pamela appointed
director
2007-08-28
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Company incorporated
As BOWCOM EXPORTS LTD.
2007-08-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-08-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-08-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-08-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Bow Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Pamela Rose Bow Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-08-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

15 Carmyle Avenue

Glasgow

G32 8HL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-11

Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOW, David→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

BOW, David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

BOW, Pamela→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2007-08-28

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2007-08-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Synergy in Trade Synergy in Trade LTD	A registered charge	1 property	01/07/2013	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	29/08/2008	17/12/2018

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