BALCARRES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

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02395411 · ltd · incorporated 1989-06-15
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£154.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £154,622
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,778 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£155k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£73k£109k£146k£182kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£154.6k£182.4k
Current assets£144.8k£139.2k
Net assets£154.6k£182.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-06-10
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    BROGAN, James Colin appointed
    director
  17. 1998-06-10
    ➖
    BROGAN, Karen resigned
    director
  18. 1998-01-31
    ➕
    BROGAN, James Colin appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-01-31
    ➖
    OBRIEN, James resigned
    secretary
  20. 1993-08-18
    ➕
    BROGAN, Karen appointed
    director
  21. 1993-08-18
    ➖
    BROGAN, Stephen resigned
    director
  22. 1989-06-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BALCARRES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Colin Brogan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-06-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Riverside Avenue
Whelley
Wigan
Lancs
WN1 3NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROGAN, James Colin→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROGAN, Barbara→
director · ~81y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROGAN, James Colin→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OBRIEN, James→
secretary · resigned 1998-01-31
Resigned
BROGAN, Karen→
director · ~55y · appointed 1993-08-18 · resigned 1998-06-10
Resigned
BROGAN, Stephen→
director · ~58y · resigned 1993-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17