BWC UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
06972648 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-25
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£55.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
41 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £54,953
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,249 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£55k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£36k£54k£73k£91kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£65.7k£82.9k
Current assets£72.0k£90.8k
Net assets£55.0k£72.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-07
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    LAKIN, Heather Jean appointed
    director
  8. 2020-09-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-18
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2017-06-18
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    capital · SH08
  14. 2017-06-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2017-06-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-06-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-06-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2009-07-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BWC UK LTD
  19. 2009-07-25
    ➕
    LAKIN, Christopher Vernon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
Mr Christopher Vernon Lakin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Oakhurst Marsden Road
Cleadon
Sunderland
Tyne & Wear
SR6 7RA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAKIN, Christopher Vernon→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-25
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LAKIN, Heather Jean→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-09-07
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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-26