B15 GROUP LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved
06250176 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-16
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
51/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
  • 64910Financial leasing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 51/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 16 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
149 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
51/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
10
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-01-26
    ⚠️
    gazette-dissolved-liquidation
    gazette · GAZ2
  2. 2024-01-26
    🏁
    Company dissolved
  3. 2023-10-26
    ⚠️
    liquidation-compulsory-completion
    insolvency · L64.07
  4. 2020-12-07
    ⚠️
    liquidation-compulsory-winding-up-order
    insolvency · COCOMP
  5. 2020-04-01
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2020-02-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2020-02-07
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2020-02-07
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    GULLAN, Alan Graham Hugh appointed
    director
  10. 2020-01-31
    ➖
    HARWOOD, David John resigned
    secretary
  11. 2020-01-26
    ➖
    MOONEY, Anthony David resigned
    director
  12. 2019-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2019-07-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-07-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-07-01
    ➖
    DEANE, Stuart John resigned
    director
  17. 2019-07-01
    ➕
    MOONEY, Anthony David appointed
    director
  18. 2019-04-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-04-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-03-29
    ➕
    DEANE, Stuart John appointed
    director
  21. 2019-03-29
    ➖
    PATON, Hamish Stewart resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-30
    📄
    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  23. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-10-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2018-10-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2018-10-03
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Graeme James appointed
    director
  27. 2018-10-03
    ➖
    MABY, Alexander Miles resigned
    director
  28. 2018-08-03
    📄
    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  29. 2018-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  30. 2018-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  31. 2018-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  32. 2018-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  33. 2018-02-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  34. 2018-02-02
    ➖
    BROWN, Andrew Jonathan resigned
    director
  35. 2018-02-02
    ➖
    LAMB, David John resigned
    director
  36. 2018-02-02
    ➖
    STAUNTON, Henry Eric resigned
    director
  37. 2018-02-02
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Maurice Nicholas Beech resigned
    director
  38. 2018-02-02
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Glas Trustees Limited
  39. 2018-02-02
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Glas Trustees Limited
  40. 2016-10-01
    ➕
    PATON, Hamish Stewart appointed
    director
  41. 2016-09-30
    ➖
    MCKEE, Joseph Leo resigned
    director
  42. 2014-11-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Andrew Jonathan appointed
    director
  43. 2014-11-01
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Maurice Nicholas Beech appointed
    director
  44. 2014-07-08
    ➕
    STAUNTON, Henry Eric appointed
    director
  45. 2014-07-07
    ➖
    PYM, Richard Alan resigned
    director
  46. 2013-12-16
    ➕
    MABY, Alexander Miles appointed
    director
  47. 2013-09-30
    ➖
    DAVID, Giles Matthew Oliver resigned
    director
  48. 2013-05-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  49. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    LAMB, David John appointed
    director
  50. 2011-12-16
    ➖
    WORMSLEY, Alister Gerard resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 66 events

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 high ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2024-01-26

3 insolvency-related filings on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2024-01-26: gazette-dissolved-liquidation; 2023-10-26: liquidation-compulsory-completion

Group structure

Apollo Global Management, Inc. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Corporate parent
⬇
B15 GROUP LIMITED
This company · 06250176

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/02/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Sg Hambrosceased 02/02/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest
  • Mr Julian Paul Vivian Mashceased 02/02/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest

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

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47430 — Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores

Registered office

5 Hercules Way
Leavesden
Watford
WD25 7GS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2019-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (0 active · 18 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Graeme James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GULLAN, Alan Graham Hugh→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARWOOD, David John→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
HENDERSON, Martin Robert→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-05-16 · resigned 2007-05-25
Resigned
PASCALL, Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-13 · resigned 2008-01-24
Resigned
VISION CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-25 · resigned 2007-08-13
Resigned
ALLY, Bibi Rahima→
nominee-director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-16 · resigned 2007-05-25
Resigned
BROWN, Andrew Jonathan→
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2018-02-02
Resigned
DAVID, Giles Matthew Oliver→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-19 · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned
DEANE, Stuart John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2019-07-01
Resigned
KENDALL, Robert Bradley→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-07-13 · resigned 2007-07-31
Resigned
LAMB, David John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2018-02-02
Resigned
MABY, Alexander Miles→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-12-16 · resigned 2018-10-03
Resigned
MCKEE, Joseph Leo→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-07-19 · resigned 2016-09-30
Resigned
MOONEY, Anthony David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2020-01-26
Resigned
PATON, Hamish Stewart→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-10-01 · resigned 2019-03-29
Resigned
PYM, Richard Alan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2014-07-07
Resigned
STAUNTON, Henry Eric→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-07-08 · resigned 2018-02-02
Resigned
THOMPSON, Maurice Nicholas Beech→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2018-02-02
Resigned
WORMSLEY, Alister Gerard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-05-25 · resigned 2011-12-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Glas Trustees
Glas Trustees Limited
A registered charge1 property02/02/2018—
outstanding
Glas Trustees
Glas Trustees Limited
A registered charge—02/02/2018—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property09/05/201306/02/2018
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Recent filings (149 total)

gazette-dissolved-liquidation
gazette · GAZ2
2024-01-26
liquidation-compulsory-completion
insolvency · L64.07
2023-10-26
liquidation-compulsory-winding-up-order
insolvency · COCOMP
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-07-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-03