B & D PRODUCTS (HALIFAX) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00395889 · ltd · incorporated 1945-06-04
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24450
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (81/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees7800

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
    ➖
    GUDGEON, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-01-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-04-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-19
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  14. 2018-09-19
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2018-04-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-03-21
    ➖
    GUDGEON, Richard Craven resigned
    director
  19. 2017-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-03-11
    ➕
    BOTTOMLEY, Thomas Alexander Max appointed
    director
  21. 2017-03-11
    ➕
    GUDGEON, Simon Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2014-09-13
    ➕
    GUDGEON, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2014-09-13
    ➖
    GUDGEON, Richard Craven resigned
    secretary
  24. 2014-07-24
    ➖
    SIMPSON, David Broadbent resigned
    director
  25. 2011-11-20
    ➖
    ROYSTON, Frederick Gilbert resigned
    director
  26. 1998-01-21
    ➕
    GUDGEON, Robert Michael appointed
    director
  27. 1995-04-04
    ➖
    CLAYTON, Richard Bedforth resigned
    director
  28. 1995-04-04
    ➖
    CLAYTON, Thelma Margaret resigned
    director
  29. 1945-06-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B & D PRODUCTS (HALIFAX) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 81 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

Roberts' Castings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Roberts' Castings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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B & D PRODUCTS (HALIFAX) LIMITED
This company · 00395889

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Roberts' Castings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2024
Mr Thomas Alexander Max Bottomley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence11/03/2017
Mr Simon Anthony Gudgeon
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence11/03/2017
Mr Robert Michael Gudgeon
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Roberts' Castings Limitedceased 23/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Richard Craven Gudgeonceased 21/03/2018· significant influence

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1945-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24450 — SIC 24450

Registered office

Well Lane
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 1SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BOTTOMLEY, Thomas Alexander Max→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUDGEON, Robert Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUDGEON, Simon Anthony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUDGEON, Elizabeth Anne→
secretary · appointed 2014-09-13 · resigned 2026-01-23
Resigned
GUDGEON, Richard Craven→
secretary · resigned 2014-09-13
Resigned
CLAYTON, Richard Bedforth→
director · ~100y · resigned 1995-04-04
Resigned
CLAYTON, Thelma Margaret→
director · ~95y · resigned 1995-04-04
Resigned
GUDGEON, Richard Craven→
director · ~85y · resigned 2018-03-21
Resigned
ROYSTON, Frederick Gilbert→
director · ~96y · resigned 2011-11-20
Resigned
SIMPSON, David Broadbent→
director · ~97y · resigned 2014-07-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21