BAYFORD ASSOCIATES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04146276 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-23
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70221Financial management
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
64 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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  2. 2025-08-21
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  3. 2024-08-27
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  4. 2023-09-01
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  5. 2022-09-10
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  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-09-08
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  9. 2018-08-27
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  10. 2017-09-20
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  11. 2017-09-17
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-09-15
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    GREEN, Paul James appointed
    director
  13. 2016-09-09
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  14. 2016-01-24
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  15. 2015-11-30
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    officers · CH03
  16. 2015-11-30
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2001-02-03
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    GREEN, Paul James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-02-03
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    GREEN, Valerie June appointed
    director
  19. 2001-01-25
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2001-01-25
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2001-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BAYFORD ASSOCIATES LTD
  22. 2001-01-23
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-01-23
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 78 — 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 78 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Valerie June Green
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

30 Halfpenny Road
Salisbury
SP2 8JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GREEN, Paul James→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-03
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Active
GREEN, Paul James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-09-15
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GREEN, Valerie June→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-02-03
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2001-01-25
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-23 · resigned 2001-01-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
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accounts · AA
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-08