BETTER BOX COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02321771 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-25
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 36.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£94.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £94,302
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£30k
Net Worth
£94k
Current Assets
£192k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £94.3k |
| Current assets | £191.7k |
| Cash | £30.3k |
| Debtors | £79.4k |
| Net assets | £94.3k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-31➕BIRD, Mark Anthony appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕BULLEN, Alan appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕BULLEN, Martin Richard appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➖BAIOES, Horacio Jose Dos Santos resigneddirector
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-19🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2019-02-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2015-03-20🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-03-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2012-11-30➖BAIOES, Barbara Dos Santos resignedsecretary
- 2008-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2008-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2001-05-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-04-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BETTER BOX COMMUNICATIONS 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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Bullen Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/03/2025 |
Mr Martin Bullen Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/03/2025 |
Mrs Michele Bullen Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/03/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Barbara Baioesceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Horacio Jose Dos Santos Baioesceased 31/03/2025· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Registered office
29 Clarke Road
Mount Farm
Milton Keynes
MK1 1LG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BIRD, Mark Anthony→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BULLEN, Alan→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2025-03-31
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BULLEN, Martin Richard→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAIOES, Barbara Dos Santos→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2012-11-30
BAIOES, Horacio Jose Dos Santos→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2025-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/03/2015 | 19/02/2019 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/03/2015 | 19/02/2019 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 17/05/2001 | 02/02/2008 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/04/1990 | 02/02/2008 |
Recent filings (108 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19