BAGCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04503772 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-05

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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£1.73M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32300

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,731,587

Net assets shrinking

Down £209,295 YoY

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£745k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£1.7m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£1.8m

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£1.77M	£1.98M
Current assets	£1.77M	£1.98M
Cash	£745.4k	£851.6k
Debtors	£532.8k	£600.9k
Net assets	£1.73M	£1.94M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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2025-05-14
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2024-03-13
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2023-03-16
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2022-02-16
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2021-03-25
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2020-04-22
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2020-03-11
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2019-05-30
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2018-05-22
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2017-04-11
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2016-06-01
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2014-08-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-08-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-05-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-11-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Tubs Hill House (Sevenoaks) Limited
2002-09-01
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PEARCE, Nigel Richmond appointed
director
2002-08-05
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Company incorporated
As BAGCO LIMITED
2002-08-05
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BOOTH, Charles Edward appointed
secretary
2002-08-05
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BOOTH, Charles Edward appointed
director
2002-08-05
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BOOTH, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2002-08-05
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PEARCE, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2002-08-05
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-05
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-05
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-05
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Booth Bros Printing Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Booth Bros Printing Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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BAGCO LIMITED

This company · 04503772

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Booth Bros Printing Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2002-08-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300

Registered office

Bullhouse Mill Lee Lane

Millhouse Green Penistone

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S36 9NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BOOTH, Charles Edward→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-05

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Active

BOOTH, Charles Edward→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-05

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Active

BOOTH, Sarah Elizabeth→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-08-05

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Active

PEARCE, Nigel Richmond→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-01

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Active

PEARCE, Sarah Jane→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-08-05

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-05 · resigned 2002-08-05

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-05 · resigned 2002-08-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	15/05/2008	13/08/2014
	satisfied	Tubs Hill House (Sevenoaks) Tubs Hill House (Sevenoaks) Limited	Rent deposit deed	1 property	15/11/2005	13/08/2014

Recent filings (66 total)

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officers · CH01

2026-02-06

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officers · CH01

2026-02-06

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-02-06