BAVIN BAVIN & CONRAD MANAGEMENT LTD.
🌳Matureactive
07218850 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-09
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 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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
1 year 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 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-25➖BAVIN, Rodney James resigneddirector
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-04-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BAVIN BAVIN & CONRAD MANAGEMENT LTD.
- 2010-04-09➕CONRAD, Sarah appointedsecretary
- 2010-04-09➕BAVIN, Adam appointeddirector
- 2010-04-09➕CONRAD, Sarah appointeddirector
- 2010-04-09➕BAVIN, Rodney James appointeddirector
- 2010-04-09➕SHAH, Ela appointeddirector
- 2010-04-09➖SHAH, Ela resigneddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAVIN" — 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Adam Bavin Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sarah Conrad Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
The Stables Goblands Farm Business Centre
Cemetery Lane
Hadlow
Kent
TN11 0LT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
CONRAD, Sarah→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAVIN, Rodney James→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2010-04-09 · resigned 2025-07-25
SHAH, Ela→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2010-04-09 · resigned 2010-04-09
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15