BUSINESS SOUTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05794859 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-04-25

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£397.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

77 officers (10 active, 77 linked, 71 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

223 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £397,100

Cash YoY

+128%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£487k

↑ 128% YoY

Net Worth

£397k

↑ 108% YoY

Current Assets

£606k

↑ 103% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£402.1k	£205.7k
Current assets	£605.9k	£298.0k
Cash	£486.5k	£213.4k
Debtors	£119.4k	£84.7k
Net assets	£397.1k	£190.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (167 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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officers · AP01
2025-11-25
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ALDERSON-HALL, Gavin Nigel appointed
director
2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
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officers · TM01
2025-07-17
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WHITTLE, Gary Michael Alan resigned
director
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-28
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FORD, Conrad James appointed
director
2024-01-03
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-01-01
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HUNT, Natalie Gemma appointed
secretary
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-01
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FRENCH, Rosemary resigned
director
2023-06-09
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GASTON, Mike John appointed
director
2023-06-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-19
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WARWICK, Hazel Joy resigned
director
2023-04-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-23
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CHART, Nathan Alan resigned
director
2022-05-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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PURSLOW, Anthony Norgrave resigned
director
2022-05-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-19
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BRADLY, Paula appointed
director
2022-05-19
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HANCOCK, Tim appointed
director
2022-05-19
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HUGGINS, Zoe appointed
director
2022-05-19
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LAVIS, Lisa appointed
director
2022-05-19
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CHART, Nathan Alan appointed
director
2022-05-19
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TICKELL, Robert Marston resigned
director
2022-05-19
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WHITTLE, Gary Michael Alan appointed
director
2022-02-17
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HALL, Julie Lorraine, Professor resigned
director
2021-12-07
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HALL, Julie Lorraine, Professor appointed
director
2021-12-03
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HALL, Julie Lorraine, Professor resigned
director
2021-11-09
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COULSON, Gary Patrick Desmond resigned
director
2021-03-09
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DAWES, Ian James resigned
director
2020-05-19
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FRENCH, Rosemary appointed
director
2020-05-19
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PURSLOW, Anthony Norgrave appointed
director
2020-05-14
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WARWICK, Hazel Joy appointed
director
2020-03-25
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MITCHELL, John Fraser Stanley resigned
director
2019-12-16
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DAWES, Ian James appointed
director
2019-10-14
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TIMBERLAKE, Leigh-Sara appointed
director
2019-10-14
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BALDWIN, Graham, Professor resigned
director
2019-10-14
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HALL, Julie Lorraine, Professor appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 167 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2006-04-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Solent Business Centre

343 Millbrook Road West

Southampton

SO15 0HW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25