BBE PRECISION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04120891 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-07

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£203.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.2y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £203,210

Cash YoY

-7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 6.8% YoY

Net Worth

£203k

↑ 2.5% YoY

Current Assets

£54k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£224.5k	£222.9k
Current assets	£54.3k	£50.7k
Cash	£3.4k	£3.6k
Debtors	£48.9k	£45.1k
Net assets	£203.2k	£198.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2020-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-02-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-03-01
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WATSON, Kerry Alane resigned
director
2017-01-23
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WATSON, Kerry Alane resigned
secretary
2008-12-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-12-07
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Company incorporated
As BBE PRECISION LIMITED
2000-12-07
➕
WATSON, Julian appointed
director
2000-12-07
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WATSON, Kerry Alane appointed
secretary
2000-12-07
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-12-07
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-12-07
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WATSON, Kerry Alane appointed
director
2000-12-07
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-12-07
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 25 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Julian Watson Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Kerry Alane Watsonceased 19/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-12-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 5

Moorland Way

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

LN6 7JW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-21

Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WATSON, Julian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WATSON, Kerry Alane→

secretary · appointed 2000-12-07 · resigned 2017-01-23

Resigned

ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-07 · resigned 2000-12-07

Resigned

WATSON, Kerry Alane→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-12-07 · resigned 2017-03-01

Resigned

ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-07 · resigned 2000-12-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	29/12/2008	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/02/2007	—

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-12-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-12-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-12-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-07-16