BCM GRC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01887679 · ltd · incorporated 1985-02-19
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 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.71M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23610
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 23690SIC 23690
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,709,921

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.7m
Current Assets
£2.3m
Current Liabilities
—
£0£456k£912k£1.4m£1.8m£2.3mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.77M—
Current assets£2.28M—
Debtors£794.2k—
Net assets£1.71M—
Average employees—5200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2024-02-06
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  4. 2023-04-26
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  5. 2022-04-26
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  6. 2021-10-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2021-10-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2021-07-13
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  9. 2021-07-12
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  10. 2021-07-12
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  11. 2021-07-12
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  12. 2021-05-20
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  13. 2021-05-01
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    BALLINGTON, Darin Harvey appointed
    director
  14. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2020-04-17
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  16. 2019-04-24
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  17. 2018-04-24
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  18. 2016-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2006-06-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tom Jordan,Malachy O'connor and Nick Cable Trading as Bcm Investments
  20. 2003-04-10
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    CABLE, Nicholas Jon appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2001-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2001-03-02
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    JORDAN, Thomas Francis appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-03-02
    ➕
    JORDAN, Thomas Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2001-03-02
    ➕
    O'CONNOR, Malachy Patrick appointed
    director
  26. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    BUTLER, John Anthony resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    BUTLER, John Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    BUTLER, Joyce Denise resigned
    director
  29. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    MASON, Annette resigned
    director
  30. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    MASON, Peter Roger resigned
    director
  31. 2001-03-02
    ➖
    STUBBS, Paul Graham resigned
    director
  32. 1999-08-02
    ➖
    CLARK, Dennis resigned
    director
  33. 1998-03-01
    ➕
    STUBBS, Paul Graham appointed
    director
  34. 1991-05-15
    ➕
    MASON, Annette appointed
    director
  35. 1985-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BCM GRC LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Jordan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Nicholas Jon Cableceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
  • Mr Malachy Patrick O'Connorceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
  • Manchester Urban Finance Corporationceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · significant influence

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
Incorporated1985-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23610 — SIC 23610

Registered office

1a "The Moorings"
Dane Road Industrial Estate
Sale
Cheshire
M33 7BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

JORDAN, Thomas Francis→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALLINGTON, Darin Harvey→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-05-01
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Active
CABLE, Nicholas Jon→
director · ~50y · appointed 2003-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN, Thomas Francis→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-02
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Active
O'CONNOR, Malachy Patrick→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-02
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Active
BUTLER, John Anthony→
secretary · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
BUTLER, John Anthony→
director · ~85y · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
BUTLER, Joyce Denise→
director · ~80y · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
CLARK, Dennis→
director · ~93y · resigned 1999-08-02
Resigned
MASON, Annette→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
MASON, Peter Roger→
director · ~83y · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned
STUBBS, Paul Graham→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Tom Jordan,Malachy O'connor and Nick Cable Trading as Bcm Investments
Debenture1 property19/06/200614/07/2016
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property05/03/200107/08/2002

Recent filings (136 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-10-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-12