BHI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04421557 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22
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 23.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26309
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 23.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-02-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2024-01-05
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2024-01-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-12-31
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    SOMERVILLE, Michele appointed
    secretary
  8. 2023-12-30
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    RYDER, Philip George resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2021-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-09-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2007-12-07
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    SOMERVILLE, Michele appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-07
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    HAFFENDEN, Gary Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2003-03-31
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    HAYES, Eric John resigned
    director
  22. 2002-08-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2002-07-29
    ➖
    HAYES, Norman resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-07-28
    ➕
    RYDER, Philip George appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-05-14
    ➕
    SOMERVILLE, Graham Stanley appointed
    director
  26. 2002-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BHI LIMITED
  27. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    HAYES, Norman appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-04-22
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    HAFFENDEN, Gary Paul appointed
    director
  31. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    HAYES, Eric John appointed
    director
  32. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2002-04-22
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2002-04-22
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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.
  • 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 Graham Stanley Somerville
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares25/04/2017

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
Incorporated2002-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26309 — SIC 26309

Registered office

22 Woolven Close
Burgess Hill
West Sussex
RH15 9RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

SOMERVILLE, Michele→
secretary · appointed 2023-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOMERVILLE, Graham Stanley→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOMERVILLE, Michele→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYES, Norman→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-07-29
Resigned
RYDER, Philip George→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-28 · resigned 2023-12-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
HAFFENDEN, Gary Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2007-12-07
Resigned
HAYES, Eric John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/08/200220/02/2024

Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-01-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-03