BHRV (ENGINEERING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04365362 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£687.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £687,853
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£33k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£688k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£804k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£168k£335k£503k£670k£838kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£701.2k£709.9k
Current assets£804.2k£837.7k
Cash£33.2k£68.4k
Debtors£450.1k£467.1k
Net assets£687.9k£686.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2018-06-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  13. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-03-02
    ➕
    KING, Troya Michelle appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-03-02
    ➕
    KING, Troya Michelle appointed
    director
  19. 2010-03-02
    ➖
    RADFORD, Anthony Robert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-03-02
    ➖
    RADFORD, Anthony Robert resigned
    director
  21. 2002-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BHRV (ENGINEERING) LIMITED
  22. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    KING, Nelson Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    RADFORD, Anthony Robert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-02-01
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    RADFORD, Anthony Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-02-01
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • 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 Nelson Robert King
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control23/01/2017
Mrs Troya Michelle King
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/01/2026

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
Incorporated2002-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The Warrens Knatts Valley Road
Knatts Valley
Sevenoaks
TN15 6XX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

KING, Troya Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-02
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Active
KING, Nelson Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Troya Michelle→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RADFORD, Anthony Robert→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2010-03-02
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2002-02-01
Resigned
RADFORD, Anthony Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2010-03-02
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2002-02-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—22/06/2018—
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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-28