B.J. PRESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02175467 · ltd · incorporated 1987-10-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 35.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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
3 live charges · oldest 35.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
105 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.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-14➕ODGERS, Derran appointeddirector
- 2020-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-25➖BATCHELOR, Stephen Hamilton resigneddirector
- 2020-03-25➖ODGERS, Derran resigneddirector
- 2019-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-11-03➕ODGERS, Derran appointeddirector
- 2007-09-25➕WYATT, Debbie appointeddirector
- 2007-09-25➕BATCHELOR, Stephen Hamilton appointeddirector
- 1996-11-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1993-06-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1991-05-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1987-10-08🏢Company incorporatedAs B.J. PRESS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Debbie Wyatt Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 17/11/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Wyattceased 17/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Beryl Wyattceased 17/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
Unit 29
Threemilestone Industrial Estate
Truro
Cornwall
TR4 9LD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ODGERS, Derran→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WYATT, Debbie→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2007-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATCHELOR, Stephen Hamilton→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2007-09-25 · resigned 2020-03-25
ODGERS, Derran→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-11-03 · resigned 2020-03-25
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 18/11/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 24/06/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 08/05/1991 | — |
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Recent filings (105 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-26