BASTON HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03712486 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-11

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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REHN, Ronny appointed
secretary
2024-07-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-07-10
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OMOSHEBI, Ray appointed
director
2024-07-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
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WINSTON, Matthew resigned
director
2023-03-19
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FORMSTONE, Caroline, Doctor resigned
secretary
2023-03-19
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-20
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OMOSHEBI, Ray resigned
director
2022-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-30
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WINSTON, Matthew appointed
director
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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VINER CAUDREY, Leonard resigned
director
2019-07-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-20
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RAJA, Rehana, Director appointed
director
2017-01-18
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HOUSER, Frederika resigned
director
2005-05-23
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O'CONNOR, James Gregory appointed
director
2005-05-22
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WANE, Christopher John resigned
director
2004-11-10
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HUMPHREYS, Margaret Philomena resigned
director
2004-11-10
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VINER CAUDREY, Leonard appointed
director
2003-12-16
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MEYER, Anne Isabel appointed
director
2003-12-16
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CURTIS, Andrew Craige resigned
director
2003-07-10
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VINER-CAUDREY, Leonard appointed
director
2003-07-10
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VINER-CAUDREY, Leonard resigned
director
2001-06-01
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WANE, Christopher John appointed
director
2001-05-03
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GARSTON, Andrew Jolyon resigned
director
1999-02-11
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Company incorporated
As BASTON HOUSE LIMITED
1999-02-11
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CLARK, David Anthony appointed
director
1999-02-11
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FORMSTONE, Caroline, Doctor appointed
secretary
1999-02-11
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-02-11
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-02-11
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CURTIS, Andrew Craige appointed
director
1999-02-11
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GARSTON, Andrew Jolyon appointed
director
1999-02-11
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HOUSER, Frederika appointed
director
1999-02-11
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HUMPHREYS, Margaret Philomena appointed
director
1999-02-11
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OMOSHEBI, Ray appointed
director
1999-02-11
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-02-11
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

21 Netherhall Gardens

Hampstead

London

NW3 5RL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21