BJORN CLOGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01583277 · ltd · incorporated 1981-09-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 39.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£119.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 39.3 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
102 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £119,437
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,338 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£119k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£139k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £119.4k | £145.8k |
| Current assets | £138.8k | £158.3k |
| Net assets | £119.4k | £145.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2008-02-15➖ROSWALD, Steven Thomas Mikael resigneddirector
- 2003-04-01➕ROSWALD, Steven Thomas Mikael appointeddirector
- 2002-05-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-04-29➕ROSWALD, Bjorn Thomas Mikael appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-29➕ROSWALD, Bjorn Thomas Mikael appointeddirector
- 2002-04-29➖HOSIE, Anne Kathleen resignedsecretary
- 2001-04-04➕HOSIE, Anne Kathleen appointedsecretary
- 2001-04-04➖ROSWALD, Bjorn resignedsecretary
- 2001-03-10➖ROSWALD, Bjorn resigneddirector
- 1987-03-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1981-09-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BJORN CLOGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bjorn Thomas Mikael Roswald Individual · Swedish · DOB 11/1945 · age 81 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Catherine Farnaby Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/11/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47721 — Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Registered office
6 Queen Street
Scarborough
N Yorkshire
YO11 1HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
ROSWALD, Bjorn Thomas Mikael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSWALD, Bjorn Thomas Mikael→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2002-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOSIE, Anne Kathleen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2002-04-29
ROSWALD, Bjorn→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2001-04-04
ROSWALD, Bjorn→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2001-03-10
ROSWALD, Steven Thomas Mikael→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2008-02-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/05/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 22/03/1987 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
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2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-14