BATHROOM WORLD DARLINGTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05298719 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-29

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£129.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £129,852

Net assets shrinking

Down £24,906 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£130k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£184k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£129.9k	£145.2k
Current assets	£183.9k	£312.2k
Net assets	£129.9k	£154.8k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-15
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-02
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officers · AP01
2020-03-01
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BREND, Lucy appointed
director
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-03-19
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2004-11-29
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Company incorporated
As BATHROOM WORLD DARLINGTON LIMITED
2004-11-29
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ABERNETHY, Dawn appointed
secretary
2004-11-29
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ABERNETHY, Dawn appointed
director
2004-11-29
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ABERNETHY, Paul appointed
director
2004-11-29
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HARKER, Dale appointed
director
2004-11-29
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AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-11-29
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AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-11-29
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-11-29
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Lucy Brend Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/02/2020
Mrs Dawn Abernethy Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/11/2016
Mr Dale Harker Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/11/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul Abernethyceased 28/02/2020· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-11-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Bathroom World, Victoria Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL1 5JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29