BIRD LUCKIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02402834 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-11
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 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 20.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 13 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
160 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees3400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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  3. 2024-10-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-30
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    MORAN, Gayner resigned
    director
  5. 2024-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-09-30
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    OSBORNE, Janis resigned
    director
  10. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2021-08-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2021-08-19
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    address · AD01
  19. 2021-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-08-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-09-30
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    WARREN, Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2018-09-30
    ➖
    PLUNKETT, Ian James resigned
    director
  24. 2014-10-03
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    KILLICK, Michael James appointed
    director
  25. 2014-10-03
    ➖
    GALLANT, John Claude James resigned
    director
  26. 2014-02-14
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    BARNWELL, Alistair resigned
    director
  27. 2013-10-01
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    SOUTHON, Joanna Mary Margaret appointed
    director
  28. 2011-11-30
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    KILLICK, Michael James appointed
    secretary
  29. 2011-11-30
    ➖
    PARDOE, Colin resigned
    secretary
  30. 2011-11-30
    ➖
    PARDOE, Colin resigned
    director
  31. 2009-09-30
    ➖
    HUGGINS, David Paul resigned
    director
  32. 2008-10-01
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    MORAN, Gayner appointed
    director
  33. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    OSBORNE, Janis appointed
    director
  34. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    WARREN, Peter appointed
    director
  35. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    THOMAS, Kevin Patrick appointed
    director
  36. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    BARNWELL, Alistair appointed
    director
  37. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    GALLANT, John Claude James appointed
    director
  38. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    HUGGINS, David Paul appointed
    director
  39. 2005-08-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  40. 2004-12-17
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    COX, Allan resigned
    director
  41. 2004-08-12
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    COX, Allan resigned
    secretary
  42. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    PARDOE, Colin appointed
    secretary
  43. 2000-06-20
    ➕
    PARDOE, Colin appointed
    director
  44. 1998-03-29
    ➕
    COX, Allan appointed
    secretary
  45. 1998-03-29
    ➕
    COX, Allan appointed
    director
  46. 1998-03-27
    ➖
    BARNES, John Terry resigned
    secretary
  47. 1996-12-02
    ➖
    HAWKES, Philip Edward resigned
    director
  48. 1996-12-02
    ➕
    PLUNKETT, Ian James appointed
    director
  49. 1989-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRD LUCKIN LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

Rickard Luckin Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rickard Luckin Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BIRD LUCKIN LIMITED
This company · 02402834

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rickard Luckin Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1989-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

1st Floor, County House
100 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-25
Last: 2026-07-11

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

KILLICK, Michael James→
secretary · appointed 2011-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KILLICK, Michael James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-10-03
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Active
SOUTHON, Joanna Mary Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Kevin Patrick→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, John Terry→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-27
Resigned
COX, Allan→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-29 · resigned 2004-08-12
Resigned
PARDOE, Colin→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-12 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
BARNWELL, Alistair→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2014-02-14
Resigned
COX, Allan→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-03-29 · resigned 2004-12-17
Resigned
GALLANT, John Claude James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2014-10-03
Resigned
HAWKES, Philip Edward→
director · ~78y · resigned 1996-12-02
Resigned
HUGGINS, David Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned
MORAN, Gayner→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2024-09-30
Resigned
OSBORNE, Janis→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2023-09-30
Resigned
PARDOE, Colin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-06-20 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
PLUNKETT, Ian James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-12-02 · resigned 2018-09-30
Resigned
WARREN, Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2020-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/08/2005—
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Recent filings (160 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-19