BORDER JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LTD
🌳Matureactive
02418853 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-01
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 34.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£364.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £364,919
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,928 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£274k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£365k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£601k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £367.8k | £397.4k |
| Current assets | £600.5k | £600.2k |
| Cash | £274.3k | £274.2k |
| Debtors | £122.3k | £117.4k |
| Net assets | £364.9k | £379.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-12-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-11-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-10-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-06-04➕HOWELLS, Adrian Simon appointeddirector
- 2011-10-11➕FILER, Colin appointedsecretary
- 2011-10-11➖FILER, Lesley May resignedsecretary
- 2003-12-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1996-08-06➕FILER, Colin appointeddirector
- 1996-08-06➖HOWELLS, Adrian Simon resigneddirector
- 1992-01-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-09-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BORDER JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LTD
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 30 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian Simon Howells Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Colin Filerceased 25/09/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAT FOODS LTD→ 11090262 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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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
Incorporated1989-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Registered office
Rosemount
The Bank
Newtown
Powys
SY16 2AB
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
FILER, Colin→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1996-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOWELLS, Adrian Simon→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FILER, Lesley May→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2011-10-11
HOWELLS, Adrian Simon→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · resigned 1996-08-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/12/2003 | 13/11/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/01/1992 | 27/10/2020 |
Recent filings (103 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19