BKS TRADELINE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07144179 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-02
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46350
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £1.75M |
| Current assets | — | £2.81M |
| Cash | — | £418.8k |
| Debtors | — | £889.2k |
| Net assets | — | £1.73M |
| Average employees | 31 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2025-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-10-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-10-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-10-19📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-10-19📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-10-19📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-10-18📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-08-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-21➖SHARP, Emma resigneddirector
- 2023-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-04➖WALTON, Sally Ann resigneddirector
- 2010-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BKS TRADELINE LIMITED
- 2010-02-02➕WALTON, Ricky Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-02➕WALTON, Dominic appointeddirector
- 2010-02-02➕WALTON, Ricky Stephen appointeddirector
- 2010-02-02➕SHARP, Emma appointeddirector
- 2010-02-02➕WALTON, Sally Ann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ricky Stephen Walton Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/10/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sally Ann Waltonceased 04/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46350 — SIC 46350
Registered office
The Maltings
Rosemary Lane
Halstead
Essex
CO9 1HZ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WALTON, Ricky Stephen→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALTON, Dominic→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2010-02-02
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WALTON, Ricky Stephen→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHARP, Emma→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2010-02-02 · resigned 2023-02-21
WALTON, Sally Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-02-02 · resigned 2021-01-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/02/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-10-19