B&B TRADING GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09912624 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
  • 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    BUTLER, Christopher David resigned
    director
  3. 2025-01-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-01-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2021-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-09-01
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    BARKER, Gary Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2015-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As B&B TRADING GROUP LIMITED
  19. 2015-12-11
    ➕
    BUTLER, Christopher David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Anthony Barker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Christopher David Butlerceased 02/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2015-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Unit 3 Mill Lane
Blackburn
BB2 2AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BARKER, Gary Anthony→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-09-01
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Active
BUTLER, Christopher David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-12-11 · resigned 2025-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-06-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10