BAILEY WEBER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05823063 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-19

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£11.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,701

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,602 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£48k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£11.7k	£13.3k
Current assets	£48.4k	£76.5k
Net assets	£11.7k	£13.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-02-28
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2025-02-27
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2024-02-29
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2023-02-28
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2022-02-28
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2021-05-29
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accounts · AA
2020-02-29
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accounts · AA
2019-05-28
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address · AD01
2019-02-28
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accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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2018-05-22
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officers · CH01
2018-05-22
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officers · CH01
2018-02-28
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accounts · AA
2018-01-01
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RENTELL, Janice resigned
secretary
2017-02-28
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accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-18
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RENTELL, Paul Alan resigned
director
2006-09-15
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RENTELL, Janice appointed
director
2006-09-15
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ADENEJOLU, Benedicta Boladale appointed
secretary
2006-09-15
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ADENEJOLU, Benedicta Boladale resigned
secretary
2006-09-15
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ADENEJOLU, Eme resigned
secretary
2006-09-15
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RENTELL, Janice appointed
secretary
2006-09-15
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ADENEJOLU, John resigned
director
2006-06-01
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RENTELL, Paul Alan appointed
director
2006-06-01
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RENTELL, Paul Alan appointed
director
2006-06-01
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RENTELL, Paul Alan resigned
director
2006-06-01
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RENTELL, Paul Alan appointed
director
2006-05-19
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Company incorporated
As BAILEY WEBER LIMITED
2006-05-19
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ADENEJOLU, Eme appointed
secretary
2006-05-19
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ADENEJOLU, John appointed
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Rentell Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Janice Rentell Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-05-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

8 London Road

Newport Pagnell

Milton Keynes

MK16 0AE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-02

Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

RENTELL, Janice→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-09-15

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Active

RENTELL, Paul Alan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

ADENEJOLU, Benedicta Boladale→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-15 · resigned 2006-09-15

Resigned

ADENEJOLU, Eme→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2006-09-15

Resigned

RENTELL, Janice→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-15 · resigned 2018-01-01

Resigned

ADENEJOLU, John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2006-09-15

Resigned

RENTELL, Paul Alan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2006-06-01

Resigned

RENTELL, Paul Alan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2015-12-18

Resigned

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