BIG BALE EAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09689808 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-16
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£100.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100,021
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,121 YoY
Cash YoY
+318%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 318% YoY
Net Worth
£100k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Current Assets
£233k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£51k£101k£152k£202k£253kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£110.4k£119.2k
Current assets£233.0k£252.9k
Cash£5.4k£1.3k
Debtors£227.6k£246.6k
Net assets£100.0k£106.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG BALE EAST LIMITED
  16. 2015-07-16
    ➕
    EVISON, Andrew John appointed
    director
  17. 2015-07-16
    ➕
    EVISON, Michael James appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mr Michael James Evison
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Andrew John Evison
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Marketplace
Hedon
East Yorkshire
HU12 8JA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

EVISON, Andrew John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-07-16
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Active
EVISON, Michael James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-07-16
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06