BUCKLAND TIMBER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08468232 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-02
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 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees21001900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-02
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  5. 2024-05-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2024-05-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-02-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  16. 2017-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-08-01
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    BLIGHT, William John Charles resigned
    director
  19. 2013-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BUCKLAND TIMBER LIMITED
  20. 2013-04-02
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Ralph Lambton appointed
    director
  21. 2013-04-02
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Robin George Lambton appointed
    director
  22. 2013-04-02
    ➕
    BLIGHT, William John Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2013-04-02
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  24. 2013-04-02
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ralph Lambton Nicholson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robin Lambton Nicholsonceased 07/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2013-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Buckland Timber Marsh End
Lords Meadow Industrial Estate
Crediton
Devon
EX17 1DN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

NICHOLSON, Ralph Lambton→
director · ~84y · appointed 2013-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLSON, Robin George Lambton→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLIGHT, William John Charles→
director · ~91y · appointed 2013-04-02 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2013-04-02 · resigned 2013-04-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/02/2018—
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-05-02
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28