BW AND DJ GLAVES & SONS LIMITED

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04873674 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£97.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10130

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £97,721

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,775 YoY

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£95k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£98k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£252k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£292.4k	£304.5k
Current assets	£251.7k	£258.8k
Cash	£94.9k	£94.8k
Debtors	£57.4k	£64.3k
Net assets	£97.7k	£109.5k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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capital · SH01
2020-08-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-11
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capital · SH10
2020-07-22
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-07-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2003-10-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2003-09-16
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GLAVES, Hazel Anne appointed
secretary
2003-09-16
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GLAVES, Doreen Joyce resigned
secretary
2003-08-21
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Company incorporated
As BW AND DJ GLAVES & SONS LIMITED
2003-08-21
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GLAVES, Antony Edward appointed
director
2003-08-21
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GLAVES, Brian William appointed
director
2003-08-21
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GLAVES, Doreen Joyce appointed
director
2003-08-21
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GLAVES, James William appointed
director
2003-08-21
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GLAVES, Doreen Joyce appointed
secretary
2003-08-21
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-21
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-21
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-21
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GLAVES" — 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 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 James William Glaves Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/12/2022
Mr Antony Edward Glaves Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/12/2022

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

Incorporated2003-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Rowan House

7 West Bank

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

YO12 4DX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21