BRIDPORT ARTS AND CRAFTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05628046 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-10-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-23
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-02
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    CAST, Doreen resigned
    director
  7. 2025-10-02
    ➖
    CAST, Norman Keith resigned
    director
  8. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2021-05-26
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  13. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-22
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDPORT ARTS AND CRAFTS LIMITED
  19. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    DEW, Peter Leonard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    CAST, Andrew Keith appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    DEW, Peter Leonard appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-18
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    MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-11-18
    ➖
    MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    CAST, Doreen appointed
    director
  25. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    CAST, Norman Keith appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-18
    ➕
    MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2005-11-18
    ➖
    MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CAST, Doreen resigned 2025-10-02; CAST, Norman Keith resigned 2025-10-02

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Leonard Dew
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Andrew Keith Cast
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Norman Keith Castceased 02/10/2025· significant influence
  • Doreen Castceased 02/09/2025· significant influence

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
Incorporated2005-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

2 Victoria Grove
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DEW, Peter Leonard→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAST, Andrew Keith→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEW, Peter Leonard→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
CAST, Doreen→
director · ~91y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2025-10-02
Resigned
CAST, Norman Keith→
director · ~99y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2025-10-02
Resigned
MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26