B & D MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02236839 · ltd · incorporated 1988-03-28
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Apr 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-08
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  2. 2025-07-23
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  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2023-10-26
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  5. 2022-07-04
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  6. 2021-07-21
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  7. 2020-07-30
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  8. 2019-10-16
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  9. 2018-11-27
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  10. 2017-06-26
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  11. 2017-01-12
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  12. 2015-10-23
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  13. 2015-10-23
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  14. 2014-10-03
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  15. 2014-10-03
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  16. 2014-09-30
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    HEWETT, Samantha appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-30
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    DIXON, John Ward resigned
    director
  18. 2007-10-31
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    HEWETT, Barry Ivor appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-06
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    HEWETT, Samantha Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-10-06
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    BOWLES, Margaret Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-06
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    BOWLES, William Bertram resigned
    director
  22. 1988-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As B & D MANUFACTURING LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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.)

Group structure

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

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Tritools Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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B & D MANUFACTURING LIMITED
This company · 02236839

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
Tritools 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
Incorporated1988-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Suite 2 Wesley Chambers
Queens Road
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 3JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HEWETT, Samantha Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-06
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Active
HEWETT, Barry Ivor→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-10-31
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Active
HEWETT, Samantha→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-09-30
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Active
BOWLES, Margaret Anne→
secretary · resigned 2007-10-06
Resigned
BOWLES, William Bertram→
director · ~87y · resigned 2007-10-06
Resigned
DIXON, John Ward→
director · ~83y · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

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2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
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accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
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accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16