BIOLOGICAL CONSULTING EUROPE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC370519 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-23
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-12
    ➖
    COOPER, Peter Frederick, Dr resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-05
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  5. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-01-20
    ➕
    CAMERON, Angus appointed
    director
  17. 2010-01-20
    ➕
    COOPER, Peter Frederick, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2010-01-20
    ➖
    FLYNN, Austin resigned
    director
  19. 2010-01-20
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2009-12-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIOLOGICAL CONSULTING EUROPE LIMITED
  21. 2009-12-23
    ➕
    MFMAC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-12-23
    ➕
    FLYNN, Austin appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-23
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angus Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/12/2016

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
Incorporated2009-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Level 5, 9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MFMAC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMERON, Angus→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Peter Frederick, Dr→
director · ~82y · appointed 2010-01-20 · resigned 2025-09-12
Resigned
FLYNN, Austin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-12-23 · resigned 2010-01-20
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-12-23 · resigned 2010-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-23
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12