THE BIC SEED CAPITAL FUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02327287 · ltd · incorporated 1988-12-09

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

66 officers (12 active, 66 linked, 58 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

208 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£1.0k
Debtors	—	£1.0k
Net assets	—	£1.0k
Average employees	0	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (134 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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officers · AP01
2026-03-01
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NORMAN, Alison Gillian appointed
director
2026-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-08
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MOSESHVILI, Ketevan resigned
director
2025-11-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-01
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CLIFFORD, Paul appointed
director
2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-30
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MCARDLE, Kathy resigned
director
2024-11-30
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WALSH, Michael Bernard resigned
director
2024-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
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BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-04-11
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GHUMAN, Sukdave Singh resigned
secretary
2024-04-11
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officers · AP04
2024-04-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-01
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FRANKLIN, Robin appointed
director
2023-09-30
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FROST, Robert, Cllr resigned
director
2023-08-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-01
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MAKINSON, Caroline appointed
director
2023-06-01
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LAMB, Christopher resigned
director
2023-04-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-01
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WEBB, Thomas Andrew, Dr appointed
director
2023-04-01
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KEANE, Jim resigned
director
2023-01-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-16
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-01-10
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FIELD, Jason Darrel resigned
secretary
2023-01-10
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GHUMAN, Sukdave Singh appointed
secretary
2022-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-01
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HARPER, Daniel appointed
director
2022-11-01
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O’NEILL, Matt James Michael appointed
director
2022-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
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CLIFFORD, Paul resigned
director
2022-05-20
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LAMB, Christopher appointed
director
2022-05-06
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ANDREWS, James Gregory resigned
director
2022-05-05
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CHEETHAM, Tim resigned
director
2022-03-31
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EDWARDS, John Albert resigned
director
2022-02-17
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YOUNG, Steven John appointed
director
2022-02-17
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KEANE, Jim appointed
director
2022-02-17
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WALSH, Michael Bernard appointed
director
2022-01-31
➕
FIELD, Jason Darrel appointed
secretary
2022-01-31
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KIRK, Garry Paul resigned
secretary
2022-01-31
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GLADSTONE, Matthew James resigned
director
2022-01-31
➕
MCARDLE, Kathy appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 134 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Barnsley Business And Innovation Centre Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Barnsley Business And Innovation Centre Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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THE BIC SEED CAPITAL FUND LIMITED

This company · 02327287

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Barnsley Business And Innovation Centre Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-12-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Innovation Way

Wilthorpe

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 1JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10