BME VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC524449 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-18
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.85M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,850,770
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,558 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.2m£2.3m£3.5m£4.7m£5.9mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5.85M£5.87M
Debtors£2.12M£2.12M
Net assets£5.85M£5.87M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-01-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-01-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-25
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    BORLAND, Kristoffer Jack appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-09
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  17. 2018-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2016-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BME VENTURES LIMITED
  19. 2016-01-18
    ➕
    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2016-01-18
    ➕
    BORLAND, Scot appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-18
    ➕
    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
    director
  22. 2016-01-18
    ➖
    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Bme Global Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Bme Global Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BME VENTURES LIMITED
This company · SC524449

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bme Global Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares26/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Michelle Borlandceased 26/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Scot Borlandceased 26/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BORLAND, Kristoffer Jack→
director · ~29y · appointed 2019-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BORLAND, Scot→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-01-18 · resigned 2016-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-18