BIODATA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01107155 · ltd · incorporated 1973-04-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 51.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 51.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 51.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
117 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 7 | 700 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-05➕COLLINS, David appointeddirector
- 2025-11-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-03➖COLLINS, Graham Arthur David, Dr resigneddirector
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-31➖SYED, Asad resigneddirector
- 2018-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2012-04-01➕SYED, Asad appointeddirector
- 2010-04-06➖ALEXANDER, Paul Julian resigneddirector
- 2010-02-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-01-31🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1997-09-27➖TOGNARELLI, Anthonty resigneddirector
- 1997-04-05➖GRACE, Stuart Raymond resigneddirector
- 1996-05-03➖MORRIS, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 1994-11-14➕GRACE, Stuart Raymond appointeddirector
- 1994-11-14➕MORRIS, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 1994-11-14➕TOGNARELLI, Anthonty appointeddirector
- 1992-06-24🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1992-05-12🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1991-09-20➖HURRELL, Martin John resignedsecretary
- 1991-09-20➖HURRELL, Martin John resigneddirector
- 1984-12-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1975-07-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1973-04-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BIODATA LIMITED
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 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 Brian George Osborne Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 12/07/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dr Graham Arthur David Collinsceased 03/10/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511
Registered office
10 Stocks Street
Manchester
M8 8QG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-26
Last: 2026-06-12
Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)
Active
COLLINS, David→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2026-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HURRELL, Martin John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1991-09-20
ALEXANDER, Paul Julian→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 2010-04-06
COLLINS, Graham Arthur David, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2025-10-03
GRACE, Stuart Raymond→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1997-04-05
HURRELL, Martin John→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1991-09-20
MORRIS, Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1996-05-03
SYED, Asad→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2019-07-31
TOGNARELLI, Anthonty→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1997-09-27
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/02/2010 | — | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 24/06/1992 | 31/01/2001 | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 12/05/1992 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge over all book debts | 1 property | 05/12/1984 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 01/07/1975 | — |
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Recent filings (117 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-10