BIGRIGG CABS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03185761 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-15
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
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£26.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 49320SIC 49320
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
73 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,316

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£26k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£26kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£11.0k£1.2k
Current assets£1.4k£12.0k
Net assets£26.3k£16.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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  2. 2025-01-30
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  3. 2024-01-30
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  4. 2023-01-28
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  5. 2022-01-27
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  6. 2021-05-17
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  7. 2020-01-30
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  8. 2019-01-24
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  9. 2018-01-30
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  10. 2017-01-28
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  11. 2016-05-09
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  12. 2016-01-23
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  13. 2015-04-17
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  14. 2015-01-28
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  15. 2014-05-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-10-03
    ➕
    SIBSON, Damian Aaron Wilfrid appointed
    director
  17. 1996-04-19
    ➕
    SIBSON, June Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 1996-04-19
    ➕
    SIBSON, Thomas Wilfrid appointed
    director
  19. 1996-04-17
    ➖
    YOUNGER, Miriam resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 1996-04-17
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    YOUNGER, Norman resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 1996-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As BIGRIGG CABS LTD
  22. 1996-04-15
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Miriam appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-04-15
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Norman appointed
    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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wilf Sibson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated1996-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

15 Croftlands
Bigrigg
Egremont Cumbria
CA22 2UX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SIBSON, June Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-19
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Active
SIBSON, Damian Aaron Wilfrid→
director · ~41y · appointed 2001-10-03
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Active
SIBSON, Thomas Wilfrid→
director · ~69y · appointed 1996-04-19
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Active
YOUNGER, Miriam→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-15 · resigned 1996-04-17
Resigned
YOUNGER, Norman→
nominee-director · ~59y · appointed 1996-04-15 · resigned 1996-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-15