BSB STRUCTURAL TOPCO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC358057 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueConservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (8 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,812,475
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating profit | £-5.0k | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.81M | — |
| Average employees | 500 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-11-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-11-05📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-28➕GARDINER, Alan George appointeddirector
- 2024-10-28➕LOGAN, Scott Ian appointeddirector
- 2024-10-28➕MCKENNA, Gerard Matthew appointeddirector
- 2024-10-28➕REID, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2024-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-07-24📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-08-02📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-08-02📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-03-14📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-01-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-17➖BROWN, Alan resigneddirector
- 2009-04-27➕BELL, William appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-27➕BELL, William appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27➕MCKENNA, Gerrard appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27➕SHIELDS, Stuart James appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27➖BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-27➕BROWN, Alan appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27➖VOGE, Julian Cecil Arthur resigneddirector
- 2009-04-27➖ATHOLL INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2009-04-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BSB STRUCTURAL TOPCO LIMITED
- 2009-04-09➕BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-09➕VOGE, Julian Cecil Arthur appointeddirector
- 2009-04-09➕ATHOLL INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
23/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCKENNA, Gerard Matthew (same surname) appointed 2024-10-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Bsb Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bsb Bidco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BSB STRUCTURAL TOPCO LIMITED
This company · SC358057
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bsb Bidco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/10/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr William Bellceased 20/04/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Unit 4 Suite 2a, Flemington Court
Flemington Industrial Park, Craigneuk Street
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 2NT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17
Officers (8 active · 4 resigned)
Active
BELL, William→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARDINER, Alan George→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOGAN, Scott Ian→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKENNA, Gerard Matthew→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2024-10-28
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MCKENNA, Gerrard→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REID, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2024-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHIELDS, Stuart James→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-09 · resigned 2009-04-27
BROWN, Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-04-27 · resigned 2021-06-17
VOGE, Julian Cecil Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-04-09 · resigned 2009-04-27
ATHOLL INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2009-04-09 · resigned 2009-04-27
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Recent filings (80 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-07-24