B.D.B. (GB) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03960951 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-30
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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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
Turnover—£64.3k
Average employees0100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    BRITTAN, Brian David appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    BRITTAN, Brian David appointed
    director
  18. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    BRITTAN, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2001-07-16
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    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-07-16
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    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2000-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As B.D.B. (GB) LIMITED
  22. 2000-03-30
    ➕
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-03-30
    ➕
    CFL DIRECTORS 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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 Brian David Brittan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2000-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

2 Cookson Close
Burnham-On-Sea
TA8 1QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRITTAN, Brian David→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
BRITTAN, Brian David→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
BRITTAN, Carol Ann→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-30 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned
CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-30 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-11