BGF TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09634299 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-11
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Museum activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees9001000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-02
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    WILLARS, David Robert appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-04-01
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    GOODGER, Elliot Alexander appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-31
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    WHITE, Leigh appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-05-23
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    KERMODE, Deborah Ann resigned
    director
  13. 2022-05-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-05-13
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    BUCKLEY, Oliver John resigned
    director
  15. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-09-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2020-09-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-09-16
    ➕
    KERMODE, Deborah Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2020-09-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2020-09-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-09-01
    ➕
    WHITEHOUSE, Gavin Christopher appointed
    director
  23. 2020-09-01
    ➕
    BUCKLEY, Oliver John appointed
    director
  24. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2015-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BGF TRADING LIMITED
  27. 2015-06-11
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 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.)

Group structure

British Glass Foundation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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British Glass Foundation
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BGF TRADING LIMITED
This company · 09634299

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
British Glass Foundation
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2015-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

White House Cone Museum Of Glass Stuart Works
High Street
Wordsley
West Midlands
DY8 4FB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-25
Last: 2026-06-11

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

GOODGER, Elliot Alexander→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNOWLES, Graham→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Leigh→
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEHOUSE, Gavin Christopher→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLARS, David Robert→
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKLEY, Oliver John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2022-05-13
Resigned
KERMODE, Deborah Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-09-16 · resigned 2022-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-21