BTG ENGINEERING LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC726867 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-11-17
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-11-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-06-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2023-08-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BTG ENGINEERING LTD
  12. 2022-03-21
    GRAHAM, Barry Thomas appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Thomas Graham
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting21/03/2022
Miss Amy Cochrane
Individual · British · DOB 05/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/11/2025

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
Incorporated2022-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

3 Mulloch Avenue
Falkirk
FK2 7GA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GRAHAM, Barry Thomas
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-03-21
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Recent filings (16 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21