BPW WINDOWS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05939020 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-18
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
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300500

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.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-26
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    MEE, Christopher Ian resigned
    director
  3. 2024-07-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-10
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    MEE, Christopher Ian appointed
    director
  10. 2020-01-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-12-10
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    BRADDON, Antony resigned
    director
  19. 2006-09-26
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    BRADDON, Philip Ivor appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-09-26
    ➕
    BRADDON, Philip Ivor appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-26
    ➕
    MCCARTNEY, Wayne appointed
    director
  22. 2006-09-26
    ➕
    BRADDON, Antony appointed
    director
  23. 2006-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BPW WINDOWS LIMITED
  24. 2006-09-18
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-09-18
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-09-18
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    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-09-18
    ➖
    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Ivor Braddon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Wayne Mccartney
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

52 Fore Street
Callington
Cornwall
PL17 7AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BRADDON, Philip Ivor→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-26
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Active
BRADDON, Philip Ivor→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-09-26
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Active
MCCARTNEY, Wayne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2006-09-18
Resigned
BRADDON, Antony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-09-26 · resigned 2009-12-10
Resigned
MEE, Christopher Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-01-10 · resigned 2024-07-26
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2006-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18