BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ASSOCIATES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03777108 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£20.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 06100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

06200SIC 06200
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,663

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£21k

↑ 84% YoY

Current Assets

£57k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£20.7k	£11.2k
Current assets	£57.1k	£46.2k
Net assets	£20.7k	£11.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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2025-01-17
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2023-12-22
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2023-01-24
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2022-02-23
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2020-12-19
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2020-01-11
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2019-01-13
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2018-03-21
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accounts · AA
2017-03-02
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accounts · AA
2017-01-25
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officers · AP01
2017-01-10
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THOMPSON, Gillian appointed
director
2016-06-03
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-02
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accounts · AA
2015-06-05
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2015-03-03
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2014-06-08
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1999-06-11
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EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1999-06-11
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EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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1999-05-26
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Company incorporated
As BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ASSOCIATES (UK) LIMITED
1999-05-26
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THOMPSON, Gillian appointed
secretary
1999-05-26
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SHAW, David appointed
director
1999-05-26
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EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-05-26
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EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Shaw Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	25/05/2017

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

Incorporated1999-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

17 Woodland Avenue

Norton Green

Stoke On Trent

Staffordshire

ST6 8NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 1999-05-26

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SHAW, David→

director · ~69y · appointed 1999-05-26

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Active

THOMPSON, Gillian→

director · ~66y · appointed 2017-01-10

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Active

EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-26 · resigned 1999-06-11

Resigned

EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-26 · resigned 1999-06-11

Resigned

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