BPK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HOLDINGS CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09444337 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-17
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (8 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-03
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  6. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  7. 2025-03-03
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  8. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2023-09-27
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  13. 2023-05-24
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BPK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HOLDINGS CO LIMITED
  20. 2015-02-17
    CULCHETH, David appointed
    director
  21. 2015-02-17
    FARMAN, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2015-02-17
    FLACK, Gary appointed
    director
  23. 2015-02-17
    KING, Christopher Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2015-02-17
    SZELKE, Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2015-02-17
    WADE, Leigh appointed
    director
  26. 2015-02-17
    WALSTON, Catherine Blanche appointed
    director
  27. 2015-02-17
    WALSTON, William, The Honourable 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
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Catherine Blanche Walston
Individual · English · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/02/2017

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
Incorporated2015-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

9 Quy Court Colliers Lane
Stow-Cum-Quy
Cambridge
CB25 9AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (8 active · 0 resigned)

CULCHETH, David
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
FARMAN, Peter
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
FLACK, Gary
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
KING, Christopher Mark
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
SZELKE, Andrew
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
WADE, Leigh
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
WALSTON, Catherine Blanche
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active
WALSTON, William, The Honourable
director · ~84y · appointed 2015-02-17
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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27