BATHEASTON CABINET MAKERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04798428 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-13
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£189
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £189

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£189
Current Assets
£34
Current Liabilities
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£0£38£76£113£151£189Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£189—
Current assets£34—
Net assets£189—

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2017-07-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2016-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BATHEASTON CABINET MAKERS LIMITED
  18. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    GILL, Richard Miles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    GILL, Julie Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    GILL, Richard Miles appointed
    director
  21. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-13
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    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 2003-06-13
    ➖
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Miles Gill
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Julie Margaret Gill
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

14 Beech Hill
Otley
West Yorkshire
LS21 3AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GILL, Richard Miles→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILL, Julie Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILL, Richard Miles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-13 · resigned 2003-06-13
Resigned
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2003-06-13 · resigned 2003-06-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-28