BBI AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08636178 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-02
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees5500

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

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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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-15
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-02-16
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  10. 2020-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-06
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    address · AD04
  16. 2018-03-03
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    address · AD04
  17. 2018-03-03
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  18. 2014-04-14
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    FISH, Carol Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2014-04-14
    ➕
    MAGEE, Catherine Ellen appointed
    director
  20. 2014-04-14
    ➕
    MAGEE, Thomas Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2014-04-14
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    SPENCER, Emma Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2013-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BBI AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY LTD
  23. 2013-08-02
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    FISH, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 Michael John Fish
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Mary Fish
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2013-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Bbi Worldwide Limited Eccleshall Road
Loggerheads
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

FISH, Carol Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISH, Michael John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-08-02
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Active
MAGEE, Catherine Ellen→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAGEE, Thomas Charles→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCER, Emma Jayne→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-04-14
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Active

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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04