BALDOCK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04469487 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-25
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-06-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-03-10
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    BALDOCK, Denise Christine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-03-10
    ➕
    BALDOCK, Denise Christine appointed
    director
  19. 2003-03-10
    ➖
    LOVEWELL BLAKE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    BALDOCK, Damon Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-04
    ➖
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    LOVEWELL BLAKE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-07-04
    ➖
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BALDOCK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  25. 2002-06-25
    ➕
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-06-25
    ➕
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BALDOCK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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.
  • 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 Damon Michael Baldock
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Meadow Cottage 5 Harefen Lane
South Walsham
Norwich
Norfolk
NR13 6DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BALDOCK, Denise Christine→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALDOCK, Damon Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALDOCK, Denise Christine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-25 · resigned 2002-07-04
Resigned
LOVEWELL BLAKE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-04 · resigned 2003-03-10
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-25 · resigned 2002-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13