BAPS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04371316 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-11
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
67 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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-10
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  2. 2026-04-28
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2026-04-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-04-01
    ➕
    PATEL, Girish appointed
    secretary
  5. 2026-04-01
    ➖
    PATEL, Piyush resigned
    secretary
  6. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2002-05-10
    ➖
    PATEL, Anil Gunvantbhai resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    PATEL, Piyush appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAPS (UK) LIMITED
  21. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    PATEL, Arvindkumar Purshottam appointed
    director
  22. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    PATEL, Jitendrakumar Maganbhai appointed
    director
  23. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    PATEL, Anil Gunvantbhai appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-02-11
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 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.
  • 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
Mr Arvindkumar Purshottam Patel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1 Pramukh Swami Road
London
NW10 8HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PATEL, Girish→
secretary · appointed 2026-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Arvindkumar Purshottam→
director · ~84y · appointed 2002-02-11
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Active
PATEL, Jitendrakumar Maganbhai→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-02-11
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Active
PATEL, Anil Gunvantbhai→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-05-10
Resigned
PATEL, Piyush→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-11 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-07-10
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-04-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11