BROADBASE FURNITURE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06838147 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46650
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-01➕SMITH, Georgina appointeddirector
- 2018-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-03-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2009-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs BROADBASE FURNITURE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2009-03-05➕GALVIN, Lesley appointeddirector
- 2009-03-05➕GALVIN, Stephen Luke appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Lesley Galvin Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Stephen Luke Galvin Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BRIXHAM SEAFOOD LIMITED→ 15090966 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BUILDERS MARKET LTD→ 14588575 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46650 — SIC 46650
Registered office
Unit 1 Doctors Garden
Higher Union Road
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 1EQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
GALVIN, Lesley→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2009-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GALVIN, Stephen Luke→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Georgina→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2018-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10