BAPP GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02672707 · ltd · incorporated 1992-01-02

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25940

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 33.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	4400	3900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-15
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WILLIAMS, Antonio Alexander appointed
director
2026-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
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KNIGHT, Richard Alan resigned
director
2026-05-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-04
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2025-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-23
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GARWOOD, Christopher John resigned
director
2025-05-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-01
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PLATTS, Ben Adam appointed
director
2023-06-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-01
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GARWOOD, Christopher John appointed
director
2017-04-11
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REEVE, Adam Peter appointed
director
2017-04-11
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REEVE, Peter Anthony resigned
director
2011-03-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-07-12
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TOPHAM, Anthony Brian resigned
director
2007-10-30
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HYDE, Phillip Graham resigned
director
2005-04-19
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COOK, Barry Millthorpe resigned
director
2002-06-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-09-25
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MCGRAYNOR, Peter resigned
director
1994-11-08
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KITCHING, Michael resigned
director
1993-04-06
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HYDE, Phillip Graham appointed
director
1993-04-06
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KITCHING, Michael appointed
director
1993-04-06
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KNIGHT, Richard Alan appointed
director
1993-04-06
➕
REEVE, Peter Anthony appointed
director
1993-04-06
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TOPHAM, Anthony Brian appointed
director
1993-01-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1992-02-06
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COOK, Dean Garth appointed
secretary
1992-02-06
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COOK, Dean Garth appointed
director
1992-02-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-02-06
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COOK, Barry Millthorpe appointed
director
1992-02-06
➕
MCGRAYNOR, Peter appointed
director
1992-02-06
➖
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1992-01-02
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Company incorporated
As BAPP GROUP LIMITED
1992-01-02
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-01-02
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Dean Garth Cook Individual · English · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Richard Alan Knightceased 20/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1992-01-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25940 — SIC 25940

Registered office

Fastener House Dodworth Business Park

Dodworth

Barnsley

S75 3SP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02