BIRMINGHAM PRIDE (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive

06689018 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-09-04

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£10.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,535

Net assets shrinking

Down £74,215 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 42% YoY

Cash YoY

-42%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£79k

↓ 42% YoY

Net Worth

£11k

↓ 88% YoY

Current Assets

£505k

↑ 5.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£10.5k	£84.8k
Current assets	£504.9k	£479.5k
Cash	£79.4k	£135.9k
Debtors	£425.5k	£343.6k
Net assets	£10.5k	£84.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-05-30
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gazette · DISS40
2026-05-27
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accounts · AA
2026-05-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-29
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gazette · DISS40
2025-11-25
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
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BAILEY, Charmaigne Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-09-04
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ECHO, Eva appointed
director
2025-09-04
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LEWIN, Soriah Andrea appointed
director
2025-09-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
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officers · AP01
2025-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-08-29
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NASH, David Dean resigned
director
2024-08-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-22
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RUNCORN, Terence Robert appointed
director
2023-12-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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NASH, David Dean appointed
director
2019-05-21
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RUNCORN, Terence Robert appointed
secretary
2019-05-21
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NASH, David Dean resigned
director
2014-06-12
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BARTON, Darren Paul resigned
secretary
2014-06-12
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BARTON, Darren Paul resigned
director
2008-09-04
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Company incorporated
As BIRMINGHAM PRIDE (UK) LTD
2008-09-04
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BARTON, Lawrence Stephen appointed
director
2008-09-04
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BARTON, Darren Paul appointed
secretary
2008-09-04
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BARTON, Darren Paul appointed
director
2008-09-04
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NASH, David Dean appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lawrence Stephen Barton Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-09-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Lockerbie Danzey Green

Tanworth In Arden

Solihull

West Midlands

B94 5BQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-17

Last: 2025-09-03