BODANS (UK) LTD
🌳Matureactive
07468552 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-14
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 2025
Net worth
£263.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -55% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £263,822
Net assets shrinking
Down £164,036 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 55% YoY
Cash YoY
-55%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£62k
↓ 55% YoY
Net Worth
£264k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£526k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £273.9k | £448.6k |
| Current assets | £526.4k | £624.8k |
| Cash | £62.2k | £137.4k |
| Debtors | £23.7k | £86.0k |
| Net assets | £263.8k | £427.9k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-22➖JONES, David Frederick resignedsecretary
- 2020-05-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-08-19➕GOODALL, Stephen Alan appointeddirector
- 2011-08-19➕JONES, David Frederick appointedsecretary
- 2010-12-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BODANS (UK) LTD
- 2010-12-14➕WATTS, Daniel Raymond appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 62 — 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 62. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Raymond Watts Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Stephen Alan Goodall Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190
Registered office
Ironmaster House
37 Wyle Cop
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1XF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GOODALL, Stephen Alan→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATTS, Daniel Raymond→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, David Frederick→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-08-19 · resigned 2020-05-22
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Recent filings (45 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11