BEST CONTRACTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04465813 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-20

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£219

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27110

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

33140SIC 33140
42220SIC 42220

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £219

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,471 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£219

↓ 98% YoY

Current Assets

£60k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£219	£10.7k
Current assets	£60.4k	£54.9k
Net assets	£219	£10.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2025-03-28
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2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts · AA01
2019-03-28
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accounts · AA
2018-04-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-03-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts · AA
2016-07-19
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-05
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capital · SH01
2016-04-05
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capital · SH01
2016-03-31
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accounts · AA
2012-11-22
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BRADLEY, Alison Jane appointed
director
2012-11-22
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APPLEBY, Michael resigned
director
2012-11-22
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BIGFORD, Darren resigned
director
2008-05-01
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APPLEBY, Michael appointed
director
2008-05-01
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BIGFORD, Darren appointed
director
2008-05-01
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BRADLEY, Alison Jane resigned
director
2002-06-20
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Company incorporated
As BEST CONTRACTING LIMITED
2002-06-20
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BRADLEY, Alison Jane appointed
secretary
2002-06-20
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BRADLEY, Edward appointed
director
2002-06-20
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BREWER, Suzanne appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-06-20
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-06-20
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BRADLEY, Alison Jane appointed
director
2002-06-20
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
nominee-director
2002-06-20
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
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 62 — 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 62. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alison Jane Bradley Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC27110 — SIC 27110

Registered office

Unit 5b Hilton Trading Estate

Hilton Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 6DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-13

Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BRADLEY, Alison Jane→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-20

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Active

BRADLEY, Alison Jane→

director · ~62y · appointed 2012-11-22

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Active

BRADLEY, Edward→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-06-20

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Active

BREWER, Suzanne→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2002-06-20

Resigned

APPLEBY, Michael→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2012-11-22

Resigned

BIGFORD, Darren→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2012-11-22

Resigned

BRADLEY, Alison Jane→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2008-05-01

Resigned

BREWER, Kevin, Dr→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2002-06-20

Resigned

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