BIRKENHEAD BUILDING & ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01671240 · ltd · incorporated 1982-10-12
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 34.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 55). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 34.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
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 →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3600 | 3600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-30📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-01-30📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-01-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-11📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-04📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2020-01-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-01-30📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2017-04-27➖PILGRIM, Susan Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2017-04-27➖PILGRIM, Barrie Robert resigneddirector
- 2017-04-27➖PILGRIM, Susan Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2000-06-14🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2000-06-14🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2000-06-14🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1999-02-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1999-02-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-08-02➕PILGRIM, Martin David appointeddirector
- 1996-08-02➕PILGRIM, Stephen Anthony appointeddirector
- 1991-10-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1982-10-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRKENHEAD BUILDING & ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Anthony Pilgrim Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2017 |
Mr Martin David Pilgrim Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130
Registered office
Commercial House New Chester Road
Tranmere
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 9BP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
PILGRIM, Martin David→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 1996-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PILGRIM, Stephen Anthony→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 1996-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PILGRIM, Susan Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2017-04-27
PILGRIM, Barrie Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 2017-04-27
PILGRIM, Susan Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · resigned 2017-04-27
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 10/02/1999 | 14/06/2000 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 05/02/1999 | 14/06/2000 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 10/10/1991 | 14/06/2000 |
Recent filings (132 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-29
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-01-30
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-01-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-14
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-01-11