B. U. INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), 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: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 7 | 700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-07-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-05📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2021-10-05📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2021-09-22➕RIGBY, Dawn appointeddirector
- 2021-09-22➕WILLIAMS, Martyn Francis appointeddirector
- 2021-05-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-26➖BEVAN, Roy Lynden resigneddirector
- 2020-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-05-09➕RIGBY, Dawn appointedsecretary
- 2013-05-09➖POWELL, Graham Stephen resignedsecretary
- 1996-01-30➕POWELL, Graham Stephen appointedsecretary
- 1996-01-30➖UNTENER, Laszlo Andras resignedsecretary
- 1996-01-30➖UNTENER, Laszlo Andras resigneddirector
- 1976-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs B. U. INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 05/10/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Roy Lynden Bevanceased 05/10/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
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