BODY SOUL & SPIRIT LTD

🌳Matureactive
04337779 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-21.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,869
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Net Worth
-£22k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£22k-£13k-£3k£6k£15k£25kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-21.9k£-22.3k
Current assets£22.6k£24.9k
Cash£14.4k£15.6k
Net assets£-21.9k£-22.3k

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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Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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  2. 2024-11-11
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  3. 2024-10-14
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  4. 2024-10-12
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  5. 2024-10-12
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  6. 2024-06-12
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  7. 2023-04-27
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  8. 2022-08-02
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  9. 2022-04-15
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  10. 2022-04-14
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    LEA, Frank appointed
    director
  11. 2022-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  12. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2020-06-08
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  14. 2019-03-25
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  15. 2018-02-27
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  16. 2017-03-02
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  17. 2017-01-01
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    CHAN, Joseph Tzee-Yun appointed
    director
  18. 2015-08-09
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    CHAPMAN, Kenneth Terence resigned
    director
  19. 2015-05-20
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    CHAPMAN, Kenneth Terence appointed
    director
  20. 2015-05-19
    ➖
    CHAN, Adam Tzee-Wei resigned
    director
  21. 2015-05-19
    ➖
    CHAN, Joseph Tzee-Yun resigned
    director
  22. 2015-01-14
    ➕
    CHAN, Adam Tzee-Wei appointed
    director
  23. 2015-01-14
    ➕
    CHAN, Joseph Tzee-Yun appointed
    director
  24. 2014-12-16
    ➖
    MURPHY, John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2011-06-01
    ➖
    CHAN, Natasha Mei-Yook resigned
    secretary
  26. 2011-06-01
    ➕
    MURPHY, John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2010-03-29
    ➕
    CHAN, Natasha Mei-Yook appointed
    secretary
  28. 2010-03-29
    ➖
    FOSTER, Floyd Anthony resigned
    secretary
  29. 2005-02-18
    ➕
    FOSTER, Floyd Anthony appointed
    secretary
  30. 2005-02-18
    ➖
    LUCKINS, Patricia Marian resigned
    secretary
  31. 2002-11-19
    ➖
    BEVAN, Christopher Harvey Jarvis resigned
    secretary
  32. 2002-11-19
    ➕
    LUCKINS, Patricia Marian appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BODY SOUL & SPIRIT LTD
  34. 2001-12-11
    ➕
    LEA, Allison Wendy appointed
    director
  35. 2001-12-11
    ➕
    BEVAN, Christopher Harvey Jarvis appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

14 Gloucester Street
Weymouth
Dorset
DT4 7AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

CHAN, Joseph Tzee-Yun→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEA, Allison Wendy→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEA, Frank→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEVAN, Christopher Harvey Jarvis→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2002-11-19
Resigned
CHAN, Natasha Mei-Yook→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-29 · resigned 2011-06-01
Resigned
FOSTER, Floyd Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-18 · resigned 2010-03-29
Resigned
LUCKINS, Patricia Marian→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-19 · resigned 2005-02-18
Resigned
MURPHY, John→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2014-12-16
Resigned
CHAN, Adam Tzee-Wei→
director · ~29y · appointed 2015-01-14 · resigned 2015-05-19
Resigned
CHAN, Joseph Tzee-Yun→
director · ~31y · appointed 2015-01-14 · resigned 2015-05-19
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Kenneth Terence→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-05-20 · resigned 2015-08-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07