BIRT & TANG LTD

🌳Matureactive
04369050 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-07
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
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10831
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 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
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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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 (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-07-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-06-15
    ➖
    LIM, Vincent Joo Keng resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-06-15
    ➖
    LIM, Vincent Joo Keng resigned
    director
  10. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    LIM, Vincent Joo Keng appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-05-28
    ➖
    MEISTER, William Gerard resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-05-28
    ➖
    MEISTER, William Gerard resigned
    director
  22. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    LIM, Vincent Joo Keng appointed
    director
  23. 2004-05-30
    ➕
    GU, Xiao Lan appointed
    director
  24. 2004-05-30
    ➖
    GU, Xiao Lan resigned
    secretary
  25. 2002-06-17
    ➕
    LI, Zhiqiang appointed
    director
  26. 2002-02-16
    ➕
    GU, Xiao Lan appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-02-16
    ➕
    MEISTER, William Gerard appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-02-16
    ➕
    MEISTER, William Gerard appointed
    director
  29. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-02-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRT & TANG LTD
  32. 2002-02-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2002-02-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Zhiqiang Li
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
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
Incorporated2002-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10831 — SIC 10831

Registered office

20 Poverest Road
Orpington
Kent
BR5 2DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

GU, Xiao Lan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LI, Zhiqiang→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GU, Xiao Lan→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2004-05-30
Resigned
LIM, Vincent Joo Keng→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-28 · resigned 2023-06-15
Resigned
MEISTER, William Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2009-05-28
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
LIM, Vincent Joo Keng→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2023-06-15
Resigned
MEISTER, William Gerard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-16 · resigned 2009-05-28
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-07 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-05