B&B SHOPFITTINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04043260 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 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 accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-05-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-01-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clubrax International Limited
- 2007-07-31➕HAMBLIN, Phillip appointedsecretary
- 2007-07-31➕HAMBLIN, Phillip appointeddirector
- 2007-07-31➖FAIRWEATHER, Andrew resignedsecretary
- 2007-07-31➖FAIRWEATHER, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2004-04-03➖FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don resignedsecretary
- 2003-04-02➕FAIRWEATHER, Andrew appointedsecretary
- 2002-08-31➖FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don resigneddirector
- 2000-07-31🏢Company incorporatedAs B&B SHOPFITTINGS LIMITED
- 2000-07-31➕HAMBLIN, Christopher David appointeddirector
- 2000-07-31➕FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-31➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-07-31➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-07-31➕FAIRWEATHER, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2000-07-31➕FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don appointeddirector
- 2000-07-31➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-07-31➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Christopher David Hamblin Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Phillip Hamblin Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Unit 6 Whittles Farm
Mapledurham
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 7UP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
Active
HAMBLIN, Christopher David→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2000-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAMBLIN, Phillip→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2007-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FAIRWEATHER, Andrew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-04-02 · resigned 2007-07-31
FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2004-04-03
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2000-07-31
FAIRWEATHER, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2007-07-31
FAIRWEATHER, Brian Don→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2002-08-31
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-31 · resigned 2000-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Clubrax International Clubrax International Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 08/01/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (78 total)
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2024-08-08
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2024-04-30
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2023-08-03
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2023-04-28
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2022-08-11
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2022-04-30
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2021-08-10
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2021-04-26
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2020-08-06
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2020-04-27
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2019-08-13
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2019-04-23