BB FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06632409 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-27
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees300300

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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  3. 2024-05-23
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  4. 2023-06-13
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  5. 2022-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-03
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-10-29
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    BERRY, Martin Clifford appointed
    director
  18. 2008-10-29
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    BYE, Ian Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2008-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BB FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD
  20. 2008-06-27
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2008-06-27
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Stuart Bye
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

24 Monkton Street
Monkton
Ramsgate
CT12 4JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BERRY, Martin Clifford→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYE, Ian Stuart→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-06-27 · resigned 2008-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-28