BAILEYS TOTAL CONCEPT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03556106 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-11.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,533
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k-£6k-£797£5k£10k£15kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-11.5k£-10.6k
Current assets£14.5k£15.3k
Cash£8.1k£8.8k
Debtors£1.2k£1.2k
Net assets£-11.5k£-10.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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  2. 2025-01-21
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  3. 2024-08-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-08-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-16
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-17
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    address · AD01
  7. 2024-05-16
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    address · AD01
  8. 2024-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-08-13
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  12. 2020-09-11
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  13. 2019-07-17
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  14. 2018-08-28
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  15. 2017-09-27
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  16. 1998-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BAILEYS TOTAL CONCEPT LIMITED
  17. 1998-04-30
    ➕
    KEMPSON, Margaret Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-04-30
    ➕
    KEMPSON, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  19. 1998-04-30
    ➕
    KEMPSON, Shaun Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 1998-04-30
    ➕
    BIGNELL, Penelope appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-04-30
    ➖
    BIGNELL, Penelope resigned
    secretary
  22. 1998-04-30
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew Peter appointed
    director
  23. 1998-04-30
    ➖
    SMITH, Andrew Peter resigned
    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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mr Shaun Stephen Kempson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/04/2017

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
Incorporated1998-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Second Floor Kennel Club House
Gatehouse Way
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP19 8DB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KEMPSON, Margaret Ann→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEMPSON, Margaret Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-04-30
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Active
KEMPSON, Shaun Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIGNELL, Penelope→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-30 · resigned 1998-04-30
Resigned
SMITH, Andrew Peter→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-30 · resigned 1998-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
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accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19