B.A.N.C. CONVENIENCE STORE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05642020 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1000-1000

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 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-12-05
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    PHILLIPS, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Christopher Richard appointed
    director
  18. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Nicola appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As B.A.N.C. CONVENIENCE STORE LIMITED
  20. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-12-01
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-12-01
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Richard Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Office Suite A Limekiln Business Centre Limekiln Road
Pontnewynydd
Pontypool
Torfaen
NP4 6TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-05
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Active
PHILLIPS, Christopher Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-05
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Active
PHILLIPS, Nicola→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02