BAXTER THE FUTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05037951 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-09

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£396

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £396

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£396

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£13	£13
Net assets	£396	£383

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

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 (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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2024-11-29
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2023-11-29
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2022-11-30
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2021-11-28
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2020-11-14
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2019-11-20
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2018-11-18
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accounts · AA
2017-11-19
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accounts · AA
2016-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-29
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-29
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accounts · AA
2014-03-24
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annual-return · AR01
2004-02-09
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Company incorporated
As BAXTER THE FUTURE LIMITED
2004-02-09
➕
BAXTER, James Darron appointed
secretary
2004-02-09
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BAXTER, Catherine Mary appointed
director
2004-02-09
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BAXTER, James Darron appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "BAXTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Catherine Mary Baxter Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr James Darron Baxter Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2004-02-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

34 Beechfield Avenue

Preesall

Poulton Le Fylde

Lancashire

FY6 0PT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAXTER, James Darron→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-09

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Active

BAXTER, Catherine Mary→

director · ~51y · appointed 2004-02-09

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BAXTER, James Darron→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-02-09

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