BRIDLINGTON STATIONERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04693430 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-11

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£51.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,396

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£79k

↓ 6.1% YoY

Net Worth

£51k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£141k

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£52.4k	£40.2k
Current assets	£141.2k	£143.7k
Cash	£78.6k	£83.8k
Debtors	£15.3k	£13.2k
Net assets	£51.4k	£38.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-11
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2022-11-29
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2021-11-04
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2020-08-18
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2019-09-02
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2018-09-21
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2017-08-24
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2016-03-15
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2003-03-11
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Company incorporated
As BRIDLINGTON STATIONERS LIMITED
2003-03-11
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SAUL, John Darren appointed
secretary
2003-03-11
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SAUL, John Darren appointed
director
2003-03-11
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SAUL, Nicola Jayne appointed
director
2003-03-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-03-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Darren Saul Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Medina House, 2 Station Avenue

Bridlington

East Yorkshire

YO16 4LZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SAUL, John Darren→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-11

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Active

SAUL, John Darren→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-03-11

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Active

SAUL, Nicola Jayne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-03-11

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-11

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-11

Resigned

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