B & P BUILDING SERVICES (YORKSHIRE) LTD
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 6 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-05-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-05-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-08-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-08-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-08-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-08➕NUNNS, Ian appointeddirector
- 2022-07-08➕PALFRAMAN, Ross appointeddirector
- 2022-04-06📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-03-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2005-05-10🏢Company incorporatedAs B & P BUILDING SERVICES (YORKSHIRE) LTD
- 2005-05-10➕PALFRAMAN, Judith appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-10➕PALFRAMAN, Judith appointeddirector
- 2005-05-10➕PALFRAMAN, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2005-05-10➕AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-05-10➖AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-05-10➕AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2005-05-10➖AR NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PALFRAMAN, Ross (same surname) appointed 2022-07-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ross Palframan Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/05/2023 |
Mr Ian Nunns Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/05/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Judith Palframanceased 01/05/2026· 25-50% shares
- Mr Stephen Palframanceased 01/05/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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