BACIRUBATI LTD

🌳Matureactive
06529303 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-22
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    address · AD03
  11. 2018-03-22
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    address · AD02
  12. 2018-03-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-03-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BACIRUBATI LTD
  17. 2008-03-10
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    HOURIGAN, Maura Patricia appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-10
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    HOURIGAN, Maura Patricia appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-10
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    SHERLOCK, Francis Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-10
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    Incorporate Secretariat Limited appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-03-10
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    Incorporate Secretariat Limited resigned
    corporate-secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Maura Patricia Hourigan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/03/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Francis Christopher Sherlockceased 22/03/2018· significant influence · 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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

Calyx House
South Road
Taunton
TA1 3DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HOURIGAN, Maura Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-10
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Active
HOURIGAN, Maura Patricia→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-03-10
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Active
SHERLOCK, Francis Christopher→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Incorporate Secretariat Limited→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2008-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
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accounts · AA
2025-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20