BALE INSURANCE BROKERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00423798 · ltd · incorporated 1946-11-16
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£165.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £165,058
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£197k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£165k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£282k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£56k£113k£169k£226k£282kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£174.9k£120.2k
Current assets£282.0k£231.0k
Cash£196.9k£163.2k
Debtors£85.0k£67.8k
Net assets£165.1k£110.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-10-22
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    SHARP, Lee resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    BALE, Jeffrey resigned
    director
  18. 2004-02-04
    ➖
    BALE, Olive Doreen resigned
    director
  19. 2004-02-03
    ➕
    BALE, Ian Laurence appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-03
    ➕
    BALE, Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2004-02-03
    ➕
    BALE, Ian Laurence appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-03
    ➖
    BALE, William Laurence resigned
    secretary
  23. 1946-11-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BALE INSURANCE BROKERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED

Owner dependency

99/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 80 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ann Bale
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ian Laurence Bale
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1946-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

470 Hucknall Road
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG5 1FX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BALE, Ian Laurence→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALE, Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-02-03
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Active
BALE, Ian Laurence→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALE, William Laurence→
secretary · resigned 2004-02-03
Resigned
BALE, Jeffrey→
director · ~65y · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
BALE, Olive Doreen→
director · ~90y · resigned 2004-02-04
Resigned
SHARP, Lee→
director · ~67y · resigned 2025-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-02