BCL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08725853 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-09

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£1.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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

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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

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£1.1k	£1.1k
Net assets	£1.1k	£1.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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2024-07-05
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2023-07-13
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2022-04-15
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2021-04-22
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2020-03-30
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2019-03-29
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2018-04-17
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2017-07-24
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2016-08-17
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2015-11-05
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2015-08-06
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2013-10-09
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Company incorporated
As BCL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
2013-10-09
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MOGRIDGE, Anthony John appointed
director
2013-10-09
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WARD, Susan Mary appointed
director
2013-10-09
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

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 73 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 73 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Carl Clement Landegger Individual · American · DOB 09/1930 · age 96	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Mary Ward Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Anthony John Mogridge Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-10-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2 Usk Side Business Park

Church Street

Newport

NP20 2TX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MOGRIDGE, Anthony John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2013-10-09

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Active

WARD, Susan Mary→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-10-09

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Active

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