BAVEMUND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04917583 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-01➕BAVERSTOCK, Richard Alan Dennis appointeddirector
- 2019-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-15📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2012-07-01➖L4 YOU CO SEC LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-10-13➖L4 YOU CO DIR LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2003-10-12➕BAVERSTOCK, Tanja appointeddirector
- 2003-10-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BAVEMUND LIMITED
- 2003-10-01➕L4 YOU CO SEC LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-10-01➕L4 YOU CO DIR LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Tanja Baverstock Individual · German · DOB 04/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
The Picasso Building
Caldervale Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 5PF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BAVERSTOCK, Richard Alan Dennis→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2020-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAVERSTOCK, Tanja→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2003-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
L4 YOU CO SEC LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2012-07-01
L4 YOU CO DIR LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2003-10-13
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-17