BCBC PROPERTIES LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC422874 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-26
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£198.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.1y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
49 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.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £198,862

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£199k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£89k£133k£178k£222kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£198.9k£180.0k
Current assets£144.7k£221.9k
Net assets£198.9k£180.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-22
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    COCHRANE, William resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-05-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2023-05-15
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    Charge satisfied #4
  13. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-06-19
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    Charge satisfied #5
  17. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-08-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2020-07-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2020-03-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2020-03-10
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2018-02-16
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    Charge satisfied #3
  26. 2018-02-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2015-12-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  28. 2014-05-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  29. 2014-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  30. 2012-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BCBC PROPERTIES LTD.
  31. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    COCHRANE JNR, William appointed
    director
  32. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  33. 2012-04-26
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  34. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    COCHRANE, William appointed
    director
  35. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  36. 2012-04-26
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  37. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  38. 2012-04-26
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Cochrane Jnr
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Cochraneceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Clyde Offices, 2nd Floor
48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

COCHRANE JNR, William→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2012-04-26
Resigned
COCHRANE, William→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2025-05-22
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2012-04-26
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2012-04-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/07/202019/06/2021
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—10/03/202015/05/2023
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/12/201516/02/2018
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/05/201416/02/2018
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—02/04/201406/04/2018

Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03