BIFOLD DOOR FACTORY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08422158 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-27
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
£2.14M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.5y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
34 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,136,161
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£2.1m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£427k£854k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.60M£1.94M
Current assets£1.63M£1.40M
Cash£26.0k£89.1k
Debtors£867.1k£674.0k
Net assets£2.14M£1.79M

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
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  3. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-02-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  11. 2020-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-11
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    address · AD01
  14. 2018-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-16
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-04-01
    ➕
    JAGDEV, Harjit Singh appointed
    director
  17. 2017-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2017-05-23
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2013-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BIFOLD DOOR FACTORY LTD
  21. 2013-02-27
    ➕
    JAGDEV, Ajit Singh appointed
    director
  22. 2013-02-27
    ➕
    JAGDEV, Jaswant Kaur appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ajit Singh Jagdev
Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jaswant Kaur Jagdev
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Donkey Lane
The Common
West Drayton
UB7 7HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JAGDEV, Ajit Singh→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active
JAGDEV, Harjit Singh→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Active
JAGDEV, Jaswant Kaur→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-02-27
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—18/03/2026—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/02/2021—
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Recent filings (34 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02