BIGGAR CORN EXCHANGE LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC368706 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-11-17

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£72.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (7 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £72,506

Net assets shrinking

Down £7,071 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£80k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

£73k

↓ 8.9% YoY

Current Assets

£82k

↓ 58% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£72.5k	£79.6k
Current assets	£82.3k	£194.3k
Cash	£80.4k	£193.2k
Debtors	£1.2k	£365
Net assets	£72.5k	£79.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
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BROWN, Lesley Ritchie appointed
director
2025-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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officers · AP01
2025-09-11
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CRAIG, Shirley Grace appointed
director
2025-09-11
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CROSSE, Clare Tamsin resigned
director
2025-09-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-16
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MILTON, Kimberley Louise appointed
director
2024-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-15
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RILEY, John David resigned
director
2023-07-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-19
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LOW, Douglas Charles resigned
director
2022-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-24
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DAVIDSON, Carole Ann resigned
director
2022-08-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-20
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LYNCH, Pauline appointed
director
2022-03-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-03
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CROSSE, Clare Tamsin appointed
director
2021-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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RILEY, John David appointed
director
2020-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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GLASHAN, James Russell appointed
director
2020-09-14
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JORDAN, Judith resigned
director
2020-09-10
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MILTON, Lucas Martin Keith appointed
director
2020-03-14
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WALLACE, Rosemarie resigned
director
2019-08-30
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DUFFNER, Barbara resigned
secretary
2019-08-26
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LOW, Douglas Charles appointed
director
2019-08-26
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WALLACE, Rosemarie appointed
director
2019-02-28
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CHAD, Mike resigned
director
2019-02-28
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DUFFNER OBE, Barbara resigned
director
2019-02-28
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MACDONALD, Margaret Macleod resigned
director
2018-07-18
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BOOTON, Glyn Arthur, Mr. resigned
director
2018-04-18
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MUIR, William Alan Malcolm appointed
director
2018-04-16
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DUERDEN, Roger resigned
director
2018-01-18
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WHITTICK, Woody resigned
director
2017-09-06
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GOLDIE, Iona Lynn resigned
director
2017-09-06
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WALLACE, Rosemarie resigned
director
2017-08-16
➕
BOOTON, Glyn Arthur, Mr. appointed
director
2017-08-16
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JORDAN, Judith appointed
director
2017-08-16
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WHITTICK, Woody appointed
director
2017-06-05
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HENDERSON, Ian resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 80 events

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-11-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Biggar Corn Exchange

High Street

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

ML12 6DL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17