BAILEY WRIGHT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08030174 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-13

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-17.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £17,685

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,514 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£18k

↓ 2233% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 72% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-17.7k	£829
Current assets	£5.1k	£18.4k
Net assets	£-17.7k	£829

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-06-07
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2022-12-29
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2021-12-28
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2020-10-26
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2019-10-14
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2018-12-24
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2017-09-21
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2016-12-29
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2016-05-10
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2015-12-24
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2015-05-04
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2012-04-13
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Company incorporated
As BAILEY WRIGHT LIMITED
2012-04-13
➕
HORNE, Andrea Denise appointed
secretary
2012-04-13
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HORNE, Andrea Denise appointed
director
2012-04-13
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HORNE, Jonathan Adam appointed
director

Owner dependency

74/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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 14 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan Adam Horne Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	13/04/2016
Mrs Andrea Denise Horne Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	13/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-04-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

The Old Pump House

Champford Mews

Wellington

Somerset

TA21 8JW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HORNE, Andrea Denise→

secretary · appointed 2012-04-13

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HORNE, Andrea Denise→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-04-13

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HORNE, Jonathan Adam→

director · ~56y · appointed 2012-04-13

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