BIJOU U.K. IMPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02591013 · ltd · incorporated 1991-03-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46480
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
89 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-10-01
    ➕
    MOORE, Huong Thi appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-01
    ➖
    MOORE, Huong Thi resigned
    director
  18. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    MOORE, Huong Thi appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-30
    ➖
    MOORE, Joan resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-11-30
    ➖
    MOORE, Joan resigned
    director
  21. 1991-05-21
    ➕
    MOORE, Allan Foster appointed
    director
  22. 1991-05-21
    ➕
    MOORE, Joan appointed
    secretary
  23. 1991-05-21
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-05-21
    ➕
    MOORE, Joan appointed
    director
  25. 1991-05-21
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1991-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BIJOU U.K. IMPORTS LIMITED
  27. 1991-03-13
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1991-03-13
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Foster Moore
Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46480 — SIC 46480

Registered office

Rosemere Chester Road
Mere
Knutsford
WA16 6LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MOORE, Allan Foster→
director · ~82y · appointed 1991-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, Huong Thi→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, Joan→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-21 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-03-13 · resigned 1991-05-21
Resigned
MOORE, Huong Thi→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2015-10-01
Resigned
MOORE, Joan→
director · ~67y · appointed 1991-05-21 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-03-13 · resigned 1991-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-17