BAPP INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES (DONCASTER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02356068 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 33.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
119 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #4
  3. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-01
    ➕
    HALLIGAN, Jodie Marie appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2024-02-05
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  10. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-07-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2022-07-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-10-08
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2020-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-01-07
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-09-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-09-02
    ➕
    PLATTS, Ben Adam appointed
    director
  23. 2014-01-31
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
  24. 2011-06-01
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2011-05-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2010-07-12
    ➖
    TOPHAM, Anthony Brian resigned
    secretary
  27. 2010-07-12
    ➖
    TOPHAM, Anthony Brian resigned
    director
  28. 2006-06-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
  29. 2006-05-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2005-04-19
    ➖
    COOK, Barry Millthorpe resigned
    director
  31. 2002-06-06
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  32. 2000-09-25
    ➖
    MCGRAYNOR, Peter resigned
    director
  33. 1999-03-30
    ➕
    COOK, Dean Garth appointed
    director
  34. 1993-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  35. 1989-03-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAPP INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES (DONCASTER) LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Bapp Management Company Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Bapp Management Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BAPP INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES (DONCASTER) LIMITED
This company · 02356068

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bapp Management Company Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/09/2020
Mr Dean Garth Cook
Individual · English · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Bapp Industrial Supplies Ltd
Chappell Drive
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN1 2RW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

COOK, Dean Garth→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLIGAN, Jodie Marie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLATTS, Ben Adam→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOPHAM, Anthony Brian→
secretary · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned
COOK, Barry Millthorpe→
director · ~90y · resigned 2005-04-19
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2020-01-07
Resigned
MCGRAYNOR, Peter→
director · ~91y · resigned 2000-09-25
Resigned
TOPHAM, Anthony Brian→
director · ~71y · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2024—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
A registered charge1 property31/01/2014—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal assignment1 property04/05/201113/02/2026
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
Fixed charge on purchased debts which fail to vest1 property27/06/2006—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/06/2002—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property24/02/199323/05/2006
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Recent filings (119 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11