BDS ASSIST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03857083 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-11
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2006-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 1999-10-19
    ➕
    SPARHAM, Angela appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-10-19
    ➕
    SPARHAM, Angela appointed
    director
  20. 1999-10-19
    ➕
    SPARHAM, Philip Roy appointed
    director
  21. 1999-10-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-10-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BDS ASSIST LIMITED
  24. 1999-10-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-10-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Roy Sparham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Sparham
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1999-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Office A, Ground Floor Sterling House Outram's Wharf
Little Eaton
Derby
DE21 5EL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SPARHAM, Angela→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-19
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Active
SPARHAM, Angela→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-10-19
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Active
SPARHAM, Philip Roy→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-10-19
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-11 · resigned 1999-10-19
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-11 · resigned 1999-10-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property19/05/200612/03/2018

Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-15