BDJH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01649323 · ltd · incorporated 1982-07-08
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 23.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2023-02-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
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  5. 2022-12-08
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  6. 2021-10-01
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  7. 2020-12-24
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  8. 2019-12-10
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  9. 2018-09-30
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  10. 2017-12-19
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  11. 2016-11-28
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  12. 2016-02-26
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  13. 2015-12-18
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  14. 2015-02-10
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  15. 2014-09-09
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  16. 2013-04-01
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    HEWITT, Judith appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #4
  18. 2008-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  19. 2008-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2008-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2008-11-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2008-07-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2004-02-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 2003-03-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 2003-01-23
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    HEWITT, Judith appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-01-23
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    HEWITT, Barry David resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-07-31
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    HEWITT, Alan William resigned
    director
  28. 2001-03-01
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    HEWITT, Edgar William resigned
    director
  29. 1999-06-18
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    HEWITT, Edgar William appointed
    director
  30. 1998-10-05
    ➕
    HEWITT, Alan William appointed
    director
  31. 1998-10-03
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    HEWITT, Edgar William resigned
    director
  32. 1998-10-03
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    HOPKIN, Janette Elaine resigned
    director
  33. 1997-05-13
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    HOPKIN, Janette Elaine appointed
    director
  34. 1982-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BDJH LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 66. 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 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Matchdouble Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BDJH LIMITED
This company · 01649323

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
Matchdouble Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

24/26 Jordangate
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HEWITT, Judith→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEWITT, Barry David→
director · ~66y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEWITT, Judith→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEWITT, Barry David→
secretary · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned
HEWITT, Alan William→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-10-05 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
HEWITT, Edgar William→
director · ~96y · appointed 1999-06-18 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
HEWITT, Edgar William→
director · ~96y · resigned 1998-10-03
Resigned
HOPKIN, Janette Elaine→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-05-13 · resigned 1998-10-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/11/200821/11/2008
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of securities (UK)1 property04/07/200821/11/2008
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of securities (UK)1 property21/02/200421/11/2008
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of securities (UK)1 property17/03/200321/11/2008

Recent filings (122 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10