BSW BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC349303 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.48M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,480,319
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.5m
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£368k£735k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1.48M£1.29M
Current assets£1.84M£1.59M
Cash£1.45M£1.29M
Debtors£384.2k£296.4k
Net assets£1.48M£1.29M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-17
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  3. 2024-09-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-23
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-14
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  6. 2023-10-02
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-10-02
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-10-01
    ➕
    HEPBURN, Craig appointed
    director
  9. 2023-09-30
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    WATSON, David resigned
    director
  10. 2023-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-30
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  12. 2021-06-24
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  13. 2020-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-10-01
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    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-10
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  17. 2019-06-25
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  18. 2018-06-19
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  19. 2008-10-22
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    BLACK, David Peggie appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-22
    ➕
    STARK, David appointed
    director
  21. 2008-10-22
    ➖
    MACIOCIA, Catherine Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2008-10-22
    ➕
    WATSON, David appointed
    director
  23. 2008-10-22
    ➖
    WISHART, Shiona Lorraine Clark resigned
    director
  24. 2008-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BSW BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD
  25. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    MACIOCIA, Catherine Louise appointed
    director
  26. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    WISHART, Shiona Lorraine Clark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Stark
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Peggie Black
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Watson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2008-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

296-298 High Street
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1LB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BLACK, David Peggie→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPBURN, Craig→
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STARK, David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACIOCIA, Catherine Louise→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2008-10-22
Resigned
WATSON, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2023-09-30
Resigned
WISHART, Shiona Lorraine Clark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2008-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24