BAKSHI AND SON LTD

🌳Matureactive
07184330 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-10
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£11.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70221Financial management
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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, 3 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
36 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,557

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£12kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£11.6k£10.9k
Current assets£11.6k£10.9k
Net assets£11.6k£10.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-10-20
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    BAKSHI, Madhav resigned
    director
  17. 2010-03-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAKSHI AND SON LTD
  18. 2010-03-10
    ➕
    BAKSHI, Ashok Kumar appointed
    director
  19. 2010-03-10
    ➕
    BAKSHI, Sunita appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-10
    ➕
    BAKSHI, Madhav appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAKSHI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
Mrs Sunita Bakshi
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/06/2025
Mr Ashok Kumar Bakshi
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

2 Bodmin Rise
Walsall
West Midlands
WS5 3HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAKSHI, Ashok Kumar→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
BAKSHI, Sunita→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-03-10
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Active
BAKSHI, Madhav→
director · ~33y · appointed 2010-03-10 · resigned 2014-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-19