BDH CENTRELESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04354372 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-16
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£37.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £37,579
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,916 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£38k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£65k£130k£196k£261k£326kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-302024-01-30
Total assets£100.6k£104.8k
Current assets£326.0k£275.1k
Cash£6.4k£9.0k
Debtors£318.2k£260.9k
Net assets£37.6k£46.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2024-02-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-02-20
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-02-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-02-13
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  14. 2020-02-13
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  15. 2020-02-13
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2020-02-13
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  17. 2020-02-13
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  18. 2018-01-11
    ➕
    HYSON, Stuart James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-09
    ➖
    THE CO SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BDH CENTRELESS LIMITED
  21. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    HYSON, Pamela Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-01-16
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    THE CO SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-01-16
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pamela Ann Hyson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/08/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Pamela Ann Hysonceased 11/01/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2002-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Ground Floor Egerton House
68 Baker Street
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 8AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HYSON, Pamela Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HYSON, Stuart James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-16 · resigned 2002-01-16
Resigned
THE CO SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-01-16 · resigned 2008-04-09
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-16 · resigned 2002-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-20
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21