BRYAN COUPLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01483524 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-06
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 31.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£97.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
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
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £97,661
Net assets shrinking
Down £941 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£98k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£61k£91k£122k£152kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£101.3k£114.5k
Current assets£152.1k£149.3k
Cash£22.2k£22.2k
Debtors£123.5k£120.6k
Net assets£97.7k£98.6k

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

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-06
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-09
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  5. 2022-11-16
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-11-10
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    TINDALL, John Francis resigned
    director
  7. 2022-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-16
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    COOK, Nigel Ian resigned
    director
  10. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-11
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  13. 2018-10-02
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  14. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2017-01-23
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  16. 2016-07-04
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    GREENLY, Jessica Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2016-07-04
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2015-12-09
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  19. 2010-07-12
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    GREENLY, Angela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    GREENLY, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    COOK, Nigel Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2010-07-12
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    COUPLAND, Norma Elaine resigned
    director
  23. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    TINDALL, John Francis appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2008-04-06
    ➖
    COOK, Katherine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-07-01
    ➖
    BUDD, Alan Melvyn resigned
    secretary
  27. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    COOK, Katherine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-02-05
    ➕
    BUDD, Alan Melvyn appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-02-05
    ➖
    COUPLAND, Norma Elaine resigned
    secretary
  30. 2002-02-05
    ➕
    COUPLAND, Norma Elaine appointed
    director
  31. 2002-01-19
    ➖
    COUPLAND, Bryan resigned
    director
  32. 1995-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  33. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    COUPLAND, Norma Elaine appointed
    secretary
  34. 1994-06-30
    ➖
    COUPLAND, Betty Ann resigned
    secretary
  35. 1994-06-30
    ➖
    COUPLAND, Betty Ann resigned
    director
  36. 1980-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRYAN COUPLAND LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

Bc Workshop Supplies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bc Workshop Supplies Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BRYAN COUPLAND LIMITED
This company · 01483524

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
Bc Workshop Supplies Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1980-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

The Chestnuts Vine House Farm
Heath Lane
Navenby
Lincolnshire
LN5 0AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

GREENLY, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENLY, Andrew Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENLY, Jessica Anne→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUDD, Alan Melvyn→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-05 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
COOK, Katherine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2008-04-06
Resigned
COUPLAND, Betty Ann→
secretary · resigned 1994-06-30
Resigned
COUPLAND, Norma Elaine→
secretary · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 2002-02-05
Resigned
COOK, Nigel Ian→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2021-11-16
Resigned
COUPLAND, Betty Ann→
director · ~86y · resigned 1994-06-30
Resigned
COUPLAND, Bryan→
director · ~88y · resigned 2002-01-19
Resigned
COUPLAND, Norma Elaine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-05 · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned
TINDALL, John Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2022-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/02/199501/07/2010

Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-22