BACHUS LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-30.2k | £-39.5k |
| Current assets | £35.4k | £24.8k |
| Net assets | £-30.2k | £-39.5k |
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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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2005-08-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BACHUS LIMITED
- 2005-08-12➕WEBB, Linda Ann appointedsecretary
- 2005-08-12➕WEBB, Terence Raymond appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 21 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Terence Raymond Webb Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79 | 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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