BQZEEN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05300710 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 2 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,988
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.9k | £-13.7k |
| Current assets | £103.5k | £113.8k |
| Net assets | £-5.0k | £-13.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-24➕WINROW, Joanna Louise appointeddirector
- 2024-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-13📄change-person-secretary-companyofficers · CH03
- 2020-08-13📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2017-01-01➖KING, David Charles resignedsecretary
- 2017-01-01➖KING, David Charles resigneddirector
- 2004-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BQZEEN LIMITED
- 2004-11-30➕MAGNAY, Angela Jean appointeddirector
- 2004-11-30➕KING, David Charles appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-30➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-11-30➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-11-30➕KING, David Charles appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Angela Jean Magnay Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Charles Kingceased 01/01/2017· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130
Registered office
1st Floor, 11 Freeport Office Village
Century Drive
Braintree
Essex
CM77 8YG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MAGNAY, Angela Jean→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WINROW, Joanna Louise→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2025-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KING, David Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2017-01-01
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2004-11-30
KING, David Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2017-01-01
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Recent filings (64 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-10