BIG BIRD TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09983881 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-02
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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year to Aug 2025
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG BIRD TRADING LIMITED
  12. 2016-02-02
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    ROSS, Alistair Donald appointed
    director
  13. 2016-02-02
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    ROSS, Christine Mary appointed
    director
  14. 2016-02-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Donald Ross
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Amelia House
Crescent Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1QR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROSS, Alistair Donald→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-02-02
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ROSS, Christine Mary→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-02-02
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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-09