B & K VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08971899 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-02
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-04-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-04-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2016-04-25
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    KLUCZNIK-KNOWLES, Katie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2016-04-25
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Benjamin Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-25
    ➖
    KLUCZNIK, Frank William resigned
    director
  19. 2014-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As B & K VENTURES LIMITED
  20. 2014-04-02
    ➕
    KLUCZNIK, Frank William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Katie Elizabeth Klucznik-Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/04/2016
Mr Benjamin Joseph Knowles
Individual · British · DOB 05/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O F Klucznik & Son Ltd Mossfield Road, Adderley Green
Longton
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST3 5BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KLUCZNIK-KNOWLES, Katie Elizabeth→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-04-25
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Active
KNOWLES, Benjamin Joseph→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KLUCZNIK, Frank William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-04-02 · resigned 2016-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07