BAYWATCH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03173318 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-15
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-12.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,511

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£13k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£30k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£4k£4k£13k£21k£30kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-12.5k£-12.5k
Current assets£30.0k£30.0k
Debtors£30.0k£30.0k
Net assets£-12.5k£-12.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-05-17
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-05-17
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-09
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    FRY, Edwin Norman resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-11-09
    ➖
    FRY, Edwin Norman resigned
    director
  18. 2000-03-10
    ➕
    FRY, Rita Pauline appointed
    director
  19. 2000-03-10
    ➕
    FRY, Edwin Norman appointed
    director
  20. 1999-02-16
    ➕
    FRY, Jamie Scott appointed
    director
  21. 1999-02-16
    ➕
    FRY, Edwin Norman appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-02-15
    ➖
    WILSON, Phyllida Baille resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-02-15
    ➖
    CAPEL, John resigned
    director
  24. 1996-03-27
    ➕
    WILSON, Phyllida Baille appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-03-26
    ➖
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-03-26
    ➕
    CAPEL, John appointed
    director
  27. 1996-03-26
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-03-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAYWATCH LIMITED
  29. 1996-03-15
    ➕
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-03-15
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

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 86 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rita Pauline Fry
Individual · British · DOB 06/1940 · age 86
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Charmwood Centre Southampton Road
Bartley
Southampton
SO40 2NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FRY, Jamie Scott→
director · ~57y · appointed 1999-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRY, Rita Pauline→
director · ~86y · appointed 2000-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRY, Edwin Norman→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-16 · resigned 2014-11-09
Resigned
WILSON, Phyllida Baille→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-27 · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-15 · resigned 1996-03-26
Resigned
CAPEL, John→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-03-26 · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned
FRY, Edwin Norman→
director · ~91y · appointed 2000-03-10 · resigned 2014-11-09
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-15 · resigned 1996-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-13