BUSBY AUCTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

08642644 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-08

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-06-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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GOODWIN, Isaac Edward Rostislav appointed
director
2020-11-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2013-08-08
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Company incorporated
As BUSBY AUCTIONS LTD
2013-08-08
➕
BUSBY, Hugo Bohdan Josef appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUSBY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 61. Early succession window.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hugo Bohdan Josef Busby Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	08/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-08-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

The Old Hemp Store

North Mills Trading Estate

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 3BE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BUSBY, Hugo Bohdan Josef→

director · ~61y · appointed 2013-08-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GOODWIN, Isaac Edward Rostislav→

director · ~33y · appointed 2020-11-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (33 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-06-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-01-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-08-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-03-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-18