BIRCHTIME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04646524 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,074,909
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£44k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£215k£430k£645k£860k£1.1mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Cash£43.6k£66.5k
Net assets£1.07M£1.07M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-09-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-09-03
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  5. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-03-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2003-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRCHTIME LIMITED
  18. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    BIRCH, Anthony Charles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    BIRCH, Anthony Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    BIRCH, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-01-24
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-01-24
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    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 "BIRCH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Louise Birch
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Charles Birch
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Lowin House, Tregolls Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BIRCH, Anthony Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-24
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Active
BIRCH, Anthony Charles→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRCH, Sarah Louise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property31/03/2003—
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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-04
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01