B. & T. GARDEN BUILDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02968097 · ltd · incorporated 1994-09-15
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 23.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 72). 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 · oldest 23.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 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
75
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£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees111000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-20
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    COURTNEY, Robert Arthur resigned
    director
  2. 2026-07-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-08-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-08-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-07-24
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-07-23
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    capital · SH06
  20. 2019-07-22
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    LEIGHTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2016-08-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2016-08-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2012-11-30
    ➖
    SOOBROY, Michael resigned
    director
  24. 2012-11-01
    ➕
    DANKS, David John appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 2002-09-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    HOWELL, Margaret Ann appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-04-01
    ➖
    WILLIAMSON, John Patrick resigned
    secretary
  29. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    SOOBROY, Michael appointed
    director
  30. 1999-09-30
    ➖
    DEEMING, Andrew Mark resigned
    director
  31. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, John Patrick appointed
    secretary
  32. 1999-09-01
    ➖
    DEEMING, Andrew Mark resigned
    secretary
  33. 1998-05-21
    ➖
    HODGETTS, Trevor Harold resigned
    director
  34. 1994-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As B. & T. GARDEN BUILDINGS LIMITED
  35. 1994-09-15
    ➕
    DEEMING, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  36. 1994-09-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1994-09-15
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1994-09-15
    ➕
    COURTNEY, Robert Arthur appointed
    director
  39. 1994-09-15
    ➕
    DEEMING, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  40. 1994-09-15
    ➕
    HODGETTS, Trevor Harold appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 David John Danks
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Robert Arthur Courtneyceased 21/06/2019· significant influence
  • Mr David Arthur Wilkinsceased 21/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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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
Incorporated1994-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16290 — SIC 16290

Registered office

Pelham Works
Pelham Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV3 0BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

HOWELL, Margaret Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANKS, David John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEIGHTON, Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEEMING, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 1994-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, John Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-02 · resigned 2002-04-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-09-15 · resigned 1994-09-15
Resigned
COURTNEY, Robert Arthur→
director · ~89y · appointed 1994-09-15 · resigned 2026-07-20
Resigned
DEEMING, Andrew Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-30
Resigned
HODGETTS, Trevor Harold→
director · ~85y · appointed 1994-09-15 · resigned 1998-05-21
Resigned
SOOBROY, Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2012-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property27/09/200219/08/2016
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property27/09/200219/08/2016

Recent filings (96 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30