B M HOMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05433126 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-22
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 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 7020
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 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: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2015-09-04
    📄
    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 2013-07-11
    📄
    bona-vacantia-company
    restoration · BONA
  3. 2009-02-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2008-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2008-04-24
    📄
    legacy
    annual-return · 363a
  6. 2007-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2007-06-19
    📄
    legacy
    annual-return · 363s
  8. 2007-06-19
    📄
    legacy
    annual-return · 363(288)
  9. 2006-07-06
    📄
    legacy
    annual-return · 363s
  10. 2005-11-05
    📄
    legacy
    mortgage · 395
  11. 2005-10-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  12. 2005-09-09
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 288b
  13. 2005-09-09
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 288b
  14. 2005-09-09
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 288a
  15. 2005-09-09
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 288a
  16. 2005-09-09
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 288a
  17. 2005-04-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B M HOMES LIMITED
  18. 2005-04-22
    MERRALL, Thomas John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-22
    BUCKLEY, Deiter George Wilfred appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-22
    MERRALL, Thomas John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-04-22
    CROMBIES SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-04-22
    CROMBIES SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-04-22
    CROMBIES NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2005-04-22
    CROMBIES NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2005-04-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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

81/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2010-01-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2017-05-06

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC7020 — SIC 7020

Registered office

34 Waterloo Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 4DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2010-01-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2008-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2017-05-06OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MERRALL, Thomas John
secretary · appointed 2005-04-22
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Active
BUCKLEY, Deiter George Wilfred
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-04-22
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Active
MERRALL, Thomas John
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-22
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Active
CROMBIES SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-04-22 · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned
CROMBIES NOMINEES LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2005-04-22 · resigned 2005-04-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property24/10/2005
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Recent filings (16 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2015-09-04
bona-vacantia-company
restoration · BONA
2013-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2009-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-09-15
legacy
annual-return · 363a
2008-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2007-11-01
legacy
annual-return · 363s
2007-06-19
legacy
annual-return · 363(288)
2007-06-19
legacy
annual-return · 363s
2006-07-06
legacy
mortgage · 395
2005-11-05
legacy
officers · 288b
2005-09-09
legacy
officers · 288b
2005-09-09
legacy
officers · 288a
2005-09-09
legacy
officers · 288a
2005-09-09
legacy
officers · 288a
2005-09-09