BARD WORLDWIDE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09815118 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-08
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-graduate level higher education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
33 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£1£1
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-31
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    WILLIAMS, Simon Clark resigned
    director
  10. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-10-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-27
    ➕
    TIPTON, Paul Anthony, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2018-03-27
    ➕
    TIPTON, Sharron Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-27
    ➖
    STOREY, Giles resigned
    director
  20. 2018-03-27
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Simon Clark appointed
    director
  21. 2018-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-03-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2015-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BARD WORLDWIDE LIMITED
  24. 2015-10-08
    ➕
    STOREY, Giles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

T Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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T Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BARD WORLDWIDE LIMITED
This company · 09815118

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
T Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/10/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Dr Paul Anthony Tiptonceased 10/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Giles Storeyceased 27/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85422 — Post-graduate level higher education

Registered office

C/O Christian Douglass Accountants Limited 2 Jordan Street
Knott Mill
Manchester
M15 4PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TIPTON, Paul Anthony, Dr→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIPTON, Sharron Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOREY, Giles→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-10-08 · resigned 2018-03-27
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Simon Clark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-03-27 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21