BML GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05828402 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-10.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,779
Cash YoY
+112%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£356
↑ 112% YoY
Net Worth
-£11k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£10k-£7k-£5k-£2k£356Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-10.8k£-12.6k
Cash£356£168
Net assets£-10.8k£-12.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-09-03
    ➖
    GOESCH, Torsten, Dr resigned
    director
  4. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-29
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    FAGG, Graham Eric resigned
    director
  11. 2019-11-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2014-01-01
    ➖
    FAGG, Graham Eric resigned
    director
  19. 2013-05-02
    ➕
    HEPPLE, Jonathan Paul, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2013-05-02
    ➕
    FAGG, Graham Eric appointed
    director
  21. 2013-05-02
    ➕
    FAGG, Graham Eric appointed
    director
  22. 2013-05-02
    ➕
    GOESCH, Torsten, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    ROSETTA CAPITAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    FORER, Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2006-05-30
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-05-30
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-05-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BML GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED
  28. 2006-05-25
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-05-25
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

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 61. 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.)

Group structure

Rosetta Capital Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Rosetta Capital Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
BML GENERAL PARTNER LIMITED
This company · 05828402

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rosetta Capital Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

C/O Rosetta Capital Limited, Rectory House Thame Road
Haddenham
Bucks
HP17 8DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ROSETTA CAPITAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORER, Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPPLE, Jonathan Paul, Dr→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-25 · resigned 2006-05-30
Resigned
FAGG, Graham Eric→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-05-02 · resigned 2014-01-01
Resigned
FAGG, Graham Eric→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-05-02 · resigned 2019-11-29
Resigned
GOESCH, Torsten, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-05-02 · resigned 2024-09-03
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-25 · resigned 2006-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28