B.H. WHITE & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06759798 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-27
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 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: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees21002100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-09
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    WHITE, Matthew David resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-12-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-12-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-03
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    WHITE, Dawn Marie appointed
    director
  18. 2018-04-03
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    capital · SH01
  19. 2018-04-03
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2008-12-02
    ➕
    WHITE, David Bernard appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-02
    ➕
    WHITE, Janet Lesley appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-02
    ➕
    WHITE, Matthew David appointed
    director
  23. 2008-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As B.H. WHITE & SON LIMITED
  24. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  25. 2008-11-27
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHITE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dawn Marie White
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/04/2018
Mr Matthew David White
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

7 Castle Street
Bridgwater
TA6 3DT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHITE, David Bernard→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Dawn Marie→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-04-03
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Active
WHITE, Janet Lesley→
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-11-27 · resigned 2008-11-27
Resigned
WHITE, Matthew David→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-12-02 · resigned 2025-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-04