B & B HYGIENE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04686750 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-05
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
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£247.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £247,143
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£230k
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£247k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£361k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£72k£145k£217k£289k£361kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£248.9k£219.0k
Current assets£361.3k£317.7k
Cash£230.2k£185.5k
Debtors£112.6k£112.8k
Net assets£247.1k£218.7k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-25
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2020-10-16
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    capital · SH02
  12. 2020-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-30
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    BOURCHIER, Nicola resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-08-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-08-29
    ➕
    HUGHES, Katherine appointed
    director
  19. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    BOURCHIER, Herbert appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    BOURCHIER, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B & B HYGIENE LIMITED
  22. 2003-03-05
    ➕
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-03-05
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-03-05
    ➕
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2003-03-05
    ➖
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Herbert Bourchier
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

B & B Hygiene Ltd Unit 13 Coopers Court
Coopers Lane
Liverpool
L33 7UB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BOURCHIER, Herbert→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-03-17
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Active
HUGHES, Katherine→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOURCHIER, Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2019-08-30
Resigned
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-05 · resigned 2003-03-05
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-03-05 · resigned 2003-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-04