B.P. PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03649133 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-14
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£126.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 41100Development of building projects
- 81210General cleaning of buildings
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100).
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Refinance opportunity
22 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 24.6y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
22 charges (22/22 with lender, 22/22 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £126,774
Cash YoY
+13367%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9k
↑ 13367% YoY
Net Worth
£127k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£619k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £126.8k | £119.5k |
| Current assets | £619.3k | £608.7k |
| Cash | £8.9k | £66 |
| Debtors | £610.4k | £608.7k |
| Net assets | £126.8k | £119.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (73 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-01-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-01-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #22
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-12-21➖BRUNI, Raymond resignedsecretary
- 2016-12-21➖BRUNI, Raymond resigneddirector
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #21
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #20
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #19
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #18
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2012-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2011-12-02🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Raymond Bruni and Susan Bruni
- 2007-09-18🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2007-01-05🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2007-01-04🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Yorkshire Bank)
- 2007-01-04🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank
- 2007-01-03🔒Charge registered #19Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank
- 2007-01-03🔒Charge registered #18Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank
- 2007-01-03🔒Charge registered #17Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2007-01-03🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2006-12-20🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2006-10-25➖TATTERSALL, Susan resigneddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 73 events
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Graham Slater Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130
Registered office
566 Bolton Road
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 2DU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
SLATER, Ian Graham→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2002-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRUNI, Raymond→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-10-14 · resigned 2016-12-21
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-14 · resigned 1998-10-15
BRUNI, Raymond→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1998-10-14 · resigned 2016-12-21
PER, Juan Manuel→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1998-10-14 · resigned 2000-07-28
TATTERSALL, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-28 · resigned 2006-10-25
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-14 · resigned 1998-10-14
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
22
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:22 of 22 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Raymond Bruni and Susan Bruni | Legal charge | 3 properties | 02/12/2011 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 18/09/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 05/01/2007 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Yorkshire Bank) | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 03/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC T/a Yorkshire Bank | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 03/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 03/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 03/01/2007 | 08/02/2012 | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/12/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/09/2006 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/09/2006 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/06/2006 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/06/2006 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/09/2005 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/09/2005 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/03/2004 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/02/2004 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/04/2003 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/12/2002 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/08/2002 | 28/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 12/10/2001 | 28/01/2017 |
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Recent filings (127 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16