BALFOURS BAY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05873047 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
48 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2006-07-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BALFOURS BAY LIMITED
- 2006-07-11➕CLEMENTS, Faye Mary appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-11➕MCDONALD, Craig Euan appointeddirector
- 2006-07-11➕SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-07-11➖SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-07-11➕SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-07-11➖SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Craig Euan Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
2 Tolherst Court Turkey Mill Business Park
Ashford Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 5SF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
CLEMENTS, Faye Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Craig Euan→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-11 · resigned 2006-07-11
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-11 · resigned 2006-07-11
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Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13