BIG BLUE BOX STORAGE CONTAINERS (BATHGATE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC530551 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees100100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-11
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-02
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    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-01
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-18
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    MCINTYRE, Morag Taylor appointed
    director
  12. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG BLUE BOX STORAGE CONTAINERS (BATHGATE) LTD
  17. 2016-03-23
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    WHITE, Duncan James appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan James White
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Inchcorse Place
Whitehill Industrial Estate
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 2EE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Morag Taylor→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-03-18
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Active
WHITE, Duncan James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-03-23
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31