BASSETT GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02247084 · ltd · incorporated 1988-04-22
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 38.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.70M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 38.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.0 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: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
103 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,695,941
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.0m
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↑ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£539k£1.1m£1.6m£2.2m£2.7mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2.70M£2.29M
Current assets£2.43M£1.62M
Cash£2.05M£1.62M
Debtors£380.6k£565
Net assets£2.70M£2.29M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-08
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2012-06-30
    ➕
    BENNET, Suzanne appointed
    director
  16. 2012-06-30
    ➖
    BENNET, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-02-01
    ➕
    BENNET, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-01-28
    ➖
    BAMFORD, Paul resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-08-24
    ➖
    ADAMS WESTLAKE, Mark Antony resigned
    director
  20. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    ADAMS WESTLAKE, Mark Antony appointed
    director
  21. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    BAMFORD, Paul appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-06-29
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, John Bryan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-29
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, John Bryan resigned
    director
  24. 1994-11-25
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    WILLIAMS, John Bryan appointed
    director
  25. 1992-06-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1988-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 1988-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BASSETT GROUP LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BASSETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Bassett
Individual · British · DOB 11/1941 · age 85
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Bassett
Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1988-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 5 Guildford Road Industrial Estate
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 4QZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BASSETT, Anthony→
director · ~61y
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Active
BASSETT, Roger→
director · ~85y
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Active
BASSETT, Rosemary→
director · ~84y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENNET, Suzanne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-06-30
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Active
BAMFORD, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-29 · resigned 2005-01-28
Resigned
BENNET, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2012-06-30
Resigned
WILLIAMS, John Bryan→
secretary · resigned 2001-06-29
Resigned
ADAMS WESTLAKE, Mark Antony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-08-24
Resigned
WILLIAMS, John Bryan→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-11-25 · resigned 2001-06-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties11/06/1992—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property01/06/1988—
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Recent filings (103 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13