BUK 2015 LTD

🌳Matureactive
09267197 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-16
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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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
29 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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  2. 2025-02-24
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  3. 2024-03-11
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  4. 2022-07-11
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  5. 2021-07-05
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  6. 2021-06-30
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  7. 2020-02-26
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  8. 2018-07-02
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  9. 2017-10-24
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    address · AD01
  10. 2017-07-18
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  11. 2016-09-07
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  12. 2016-03-22
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  13. 2015-11-10
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  14. 2015-11-03
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  15. 2015-10-30
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-08-14
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    CLAYTON, Philip appointed
    director
  17. 2015-08-14
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    MCLANE, Richard George appointed
    director
  18. 2015-08-14
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    ELLIOTT, David Alan resigned
    director
  19. 2014-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BUK 2015 LTD
  20. 2014-10-16
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    ELLIOTT, David Alan 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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard George Mclane
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2014-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Bisca House Sawmill Lane
Helmsley
York
North Yorkshire
YO62 5DQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CLAYTON, Philip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-08-14
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Active
MCLANE, Richard George→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-08-14
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Active
ELLIOTT, David Alan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-10-16 · resigned 2015-08-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

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2026-02-23
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2025-10-27
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2025-02-24
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2024-10-21
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2024-03-11
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2023-10-16
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2022-10-17
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2022-07-11
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2021-10-18
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2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19
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2020-02-26
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2019-10-21
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2018-10-22