BAITBOX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04348258 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-07
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 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200-300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-03-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2026-03-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-03-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2002-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BAITBOX LIMITED
  19. 2002-01-07
    ➕
    ZAKRZEWSKI, Vicky appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-01-07
    ➕
    BIRD, Paul Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2002-01-07
    ➕
    ZAKRZEWSKI, Vicky appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-07
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-01-07
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Douglas Bird
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2016
Victoria Wyskota-Zakrzewski
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 8 Laceby Business Park
Laceby
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN37 7DP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ZAKRZEWSKI, Vicky→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRD, Paul Douglas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-01-07
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Active
ZAKRZEWSKI, Vicky→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-07 · resigned 2002-01-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property16/03/200431/03/2026

Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-07