BALDWIN REPAIR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04748209 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-29

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£85.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £85,938

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,307 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£86k

↓ 9.8% YoY

Current Assets

£86k

↓ 5.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£85.9k	£95.2k
Current assets	£85.8k	£90.9k
Net assets	£85.9k	£95.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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2023-10-20
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2022-10-25
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2021-09-20
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2020-09-18
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2019-08-16
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2018-09-27
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2017-12-15
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2016-12-06
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accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-19
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accounts · AA
2015-04-29
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2014-11-21
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accounts · AA
2014-04-29
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annual-return · AR01
2004-05-01
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BALDWIN, Jane appointed
director
2003-04-29
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Company incorporated
As BALDWIN REPAIR SERVICES LIMITED
2003-04-29
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BALDWIN, Jane appointed
secretary
2003-04-29
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BALDWIN, John Geoffrey appointed
director
2003-04-29
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BREWER, Suzanne appointed
secretary
2003-04-29
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
secretary
2003-04-29
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BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
director
2003-04-29
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BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 "BALDWIN" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+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 66. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Geoffrey Baldwin Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/04/2017
Mrs Jane Baldwin Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/04/2017

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

Incorporated2003-04-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

34 Coniston Road

Palmers Cross

Wolverhampton

WV6 9DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-13

Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BALDWIN, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-29

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Active

BALDWIN, Jane→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-05-01

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Active

BALDWIN, John Geoffrey→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-04-29

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Active

BREWER, Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

BREWER, Kevin Michael→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

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