BRIDPORT PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07540750 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1300 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-02-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-02-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-02-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2011-10-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2011-04-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2011-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIDPORT PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LTD
- 2011-02-23➕HARWOOD, John appointedsecretary
- 2011-02-23➕HARWOOD, John appointeddirector
- 2011-02-23➕HARWOOD, Marc John appointeddirector
- 2011-02-23➕HARWOOD, Samuel John appointeddirector
- 2011-02-23➕HARWOOD, Shirley Anne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Samuel John Harwood Individual · British · DOB 04/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/02/2017 |
Mr Marc John Harwood Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/02/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Samuel John Harwoodceased 03/08/2017· significant influence
- Mr Marc John Harwoodceased 03/08/2017· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
Unit 1b Gore Cross Business Park
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3UX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
HARWOOD, John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2011-02-23
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HARWOOD, Marc John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2011-02-23
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HARWOOD, Samuel John→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2011-02-23
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HARWOOD, Shirley Anne→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-02-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 19/10/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 28/04/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10