BICKS CHICKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05974859 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-23
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees191600

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

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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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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-11-02
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  4. 2023-04-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-04-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-10-10
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    BICKLEY, Andrew Russel appointed
    director
  10. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2009-10-24
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    BICKLEY, Andrew Russel appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-05-20
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    BICKLEY, Walter Hugh resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-11-17
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    BICKLEY, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    BICKLEY, Walter Hugh appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BICKS CHICKS LIMITED
  22. 2006-10-23
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-23
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    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-10-23
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    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-10-23
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    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BICKLEY, Andrew Russel (same surname) appointed 2022-10-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Christopher Paul Bickley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Russel Bickley
Individual · British · DOB 01/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/10/2022

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
Incorporated2006-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Unit 31 Abenbury Way
Wrexham Industrial Estate
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL13 9UZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BICKLEY, Andrew Russel→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-24
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Active
BICKLEY, Andrew Russel→
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-10-10
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Active
BICKLEY, Christopher Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-11-17
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Active
BICKLEY, Walter Hugh→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2008-05-20
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2006-10-23
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2006-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10