BUILDERS SUPPLIES (PORT TALBOT) LIMITED

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01271679 · ltd · incorporated 1976-08-04
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£805.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £805,345
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,188 YoY
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£301k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£805k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£745k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£165k£330k£495k£660k£826kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£815.6k£839.3k
Current assets£744.5k£665.8k
Cash£300.7k£246.9k
Debtors£43.5k£48.2k
Net assets£805.3k£825.5k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-09-29
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  9. 2017-09-28
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  10. 2016-09-30
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  11. 2015-10-21
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  12. 2015-10-19
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  14. 2015-09-21
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  15. 2014-11-20
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  16. 2014-09-30
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  17. 1984-03-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Kennedys (Builders Merchants Limited)
  18. 1983-05-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 1983-02-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 1976-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BUILDERS SUPPLIES (PORT TALBOT) LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Plantpiece Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BUILDERS SUPPLIES (PORT TALBOT) LIMITED
This company · 01271679

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Plantpiece Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1976-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Builders Supplies Port Talbot Ltd Endeavour Close
Purcell Avenue Industrial Estate
Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
SA12 7PT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Dilwyn→
secretary
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Active
DAVIES, Dilwyn→
director · ~78y
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Active
WILLIAMS, Geoffrey→
director · ~76y · resigned 2015-09-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Kennedys (Builders Merchants )
Kennedys (Builders Merchants Limited)
Legal charge1 property12/03/1984—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property17/05/1983—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property18/02/1983—
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Recent filings (85 total)

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2024-10-10
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2024-09-27
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2023-11-27
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2023-09-28
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2022-10-24
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2022-09-29
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2021-11-15
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2021-09-29
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2020-11-25
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2020-09-30
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2019-10-18
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2019-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-29