BALNACRA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC777556 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-31

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Why now

Window opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
· Opportunity score: 75 → 67
· Hygiene score: 90 → 80
· PSC count: 2 → 0

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.

↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
↓Opportunity score: 75 → 67
↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
↓PSC count: 2 → 0

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

67/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

No charge records returned

Directors & officers

No officers data

Ownership & PSC

No PSC data returned

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

No filing history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

67/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand

2023-07-31
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Company incorporated
As BALNACRA LTD

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-07-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Douglas Gardens

Uddingston

Glasgow

G71 7HB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30