BETTER RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
07493433 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-01-02
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    BETTER RETIREMENT GROUP LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  6. 2022-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-01-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-03-23
    ➕
    BAYLISS, Stuart Philip appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-23
    ➖
    WHITEHEAD, Simon Gregory Michael resigned
    director
  15. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-01-31
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, Simon Gregory Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2015-01-01
    ➖
    EADON, Tim Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2013-12-01
    ➕
    EADON, Tim Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2012-10-08
    ➖
    BAYLISS, Stuart Philip resigned
    director
  24. 2011-01-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BETTER RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
  25. 2011-01-14
    ➕
    BAYLISS, Stuart Philip appointed
    director
  26. 2011-01-14
    ➕
    BETTER RETIREMENT GROUP LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Better Retirement Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Better Retirement Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BETTER RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
This company · 07493433

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Philip Bayliss
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2021
Better Retirement Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Simon Gregory Michael Whiteheadceased 23/03/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2011-01-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Spring Farm 4 Spring Close
Great Horwood
Milton Keynes
MK17 0QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BAYLISS, Stuart Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAYLISS, Stuart Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-01-14 · resigned 2012-10-08
Resigned
EADON, Tim Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned
WHITEHEAD, Simon Gregory Michael→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-01-31 · resigned 2021-03-23
Resigned
BETTER RETIREMENT GROUP LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-01-14 · resigned 2023-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-24