BIOPOWER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08508966 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-29
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74901Environmental consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-04-30
Average employees800

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-02-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-02-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2014-03-12
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    WODECKI, Krzysztof appointed
    director
  18. 2014-03-12
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    WOJTCZAK, Pawel resigned
    director
  19. 2013-05-25
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    WOJTCZAK, Pawel appointed
    director
  20. 2013-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BIOPOWER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  21. 2013-04-29
    ➕
    GEAR, James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-04-29
    ➕
    METCALFE, Philip Ian 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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 Philip Ian Metcalfe
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
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
Incorporated2013-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

2 Claremont Avenue
Stony Stratford
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK11 1HH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GEAR, James→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-29
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Active
METCALFE, Philip Ian→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-04-29
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Active
WODECKI, Krzysztof→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-03-12
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Active
WOJTCZAK, Pawel→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-25 · resigned 2014-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05