BNTEC HULL LTD
🌳Matureactive
05644335 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£69.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.0 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £69,687
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£90k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Net Worth
£70k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£126k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £79.1k | £74.7k |
| Current assets | £125.7k | £135.2k |
| Cash | £90.1k | £94.2k |
| Debtors | £34.2k | £39.6k |
| Net assets | £69.7k | £55.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-08-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-12-16➖NICHOLSON, Julia Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2005-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs BNTEC HULL LTD
- 2005-12-05➕APPLEYARD, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2005-12-05➕DAVEY, Lee Joseph appointeddirector
- 2005-12-05➕NICHOLSON, Paul appointeddirector
- 2005-12-05➕NICHOLSON, Julia Elizabeth appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +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.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lee Joseph Davey Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Paul Nicholson Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Kevin Appleyard Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
31 Hedon Road
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU9 1LH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
APPLEYARD, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2005-12-05
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DAVEY, Lee Joseph→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2005-12-05
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NICHOLSON, Paul→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-05
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NICHOLSON, Julia Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2009-12-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/08/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30