B. & S. FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03908562 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-18
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84250
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2023-08-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2023-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-01
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  7. 2021-08-12
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  8. 2020-08-12
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  9. 2019-08-06
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  10. 2018-08-28
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  11. 2017-11-07
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  12. 2017-11-07
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  13. 2017-11-07
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  14. 2017-10-26
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    DRAPER, Jacqueline Marie resigned
    director
  15. 2016-11-21
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2016-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2016-09-15
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  18. 2016-01-27
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  19. 2000-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As B. & S. FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED
  20. 2000-01-18
    ➕
    DRAPER, Jacqueline Marie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-01-18
    ➕
    DRAPER, Wayne Darren appointed
    director
  22. 2000-01-18
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-01-18
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-01-18
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    DRAPER, Jacqueline Marie appointed
    director
  25. 2000-01-18
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 2000-01-18
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wayne Darren Draper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jacqueline Marie Draperceased 26/10/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2000-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

3 High Street
St Lawrence
Ramsgate
Kent
CT11 0QL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DRAPER, Jacqueline Marie→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRAPER, Wayne Darren→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-18 · resigned 2000-01-18
Resigned
DRAPER, Jacqueline Marie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-01-18 · resigned 2017-10-26
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2000-01-18 · resigned 2000-01-18
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
A registered charge—05/11/201614/08/2023

Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
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mortgage · MR04
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
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accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
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accounts · AA
2020-08-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-08-06