BIG BOX HOLDINGS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC656896 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£113.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £113,051
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£113k
↑ 152% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £113.1k | £44.8k |
| Current assets | £4.6k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | £113.1k | £44.8k |
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.
See pricing →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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-05-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-05-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-11➕LYNASS, Cheryl Ann appointedsecretary
- 2020-03-11📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-03-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BIG BOX HOLDINGS LTD
- 2020-03-10➕FERRIER, John Coleman appointeddirector
- 2020-03-10➕LORIMER, Thomas White appointeddirector
- 2020-03-10➕LORIMER, Thomas White appointeddirector
- 2020-03-10➖LORIMER, Thomas White resigneddirector
- 2020-03-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Coleman Ferrier Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/03/2020 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Universal Electrical Supplies
3 South Elgin Place
Clydebank
G81 1XP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
LYNASS, Cheryl Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FERRIER, John Coleman→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-03-10
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LORIMER, Thomas White→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LORIMER, Thomas White→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-03-10 · resigned 2020-03-10
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-05-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14