B.S.S. TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03637907 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
63 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-10-21
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  3. 2024-10-08
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  4. 2023-12-22
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  5. 2022-12-31
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  6. 2021-12-28
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  7. 2020-12-31
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  8. 2019-08-07
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  9. 2018-10-19
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  10. 2017-12-19
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  11. 2016-12-24
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  12. 2015-10-05
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  13. 2015-08-21
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  14. 2014-12-23
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  15. 2014-10-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1998-12-02
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    SIDHU, Ranjit Kaur appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-12-02
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    SIDHU, Baldev Singh appointed
    director
  18. 1998-12-02
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1998-12-02
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  20. 1998-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As B.S.S. TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 1998-09-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-09-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Baldev Singh Sidhu
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated1998-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

17 Leeland Mansions
Leeland Road
West Ealing
London
W13 9HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SIDHU, Ranjit Kaur→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-02
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Active
SIDHU, Baldev Singh→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-12-02
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 1998-12-02
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 1998-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-05-27
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2025-10-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
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2023-12-22
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2023-10-03
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accounts · AA
2022-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-07