BWF APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10079890 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-23
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
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
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
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
21 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2 | £2 |
| Debtors | £2 | £2 |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 |
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.
See pricing →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 (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BWF APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
- 2016-03-23➕HENRY, John Michael appointeddirector
- 2016-03-23➕NAYLOR, Duncan appointeddirector
- 2016-03-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Duncan Naylor Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| BRANDRULE LIMITED→ 01928977 · est 1985 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
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| C & G SERVICES (EUROPE) LIMITED→ 03555819 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| C3&M LTD→ 16831564 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CALATHEA SOLUTIONS LTD→ 14643588 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CAMP HILLCREST LIMITED→ 09937875 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| CANDOCHEM LTD→ 11945668 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CANICROSS COACH LTD→ 13454211 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CARRICK & MCCOY LTD→ 15874724 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CARRICK ARTS LTD→ 16737856 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CASPA TRAINING LIMITED→ 15266427 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CATHERINE GRACE TRUST→ 00462901 · est 1948 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 77y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
302 Cirencester Business Park
Love Lane
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 1XD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HENRY, John Michael→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NAYLOR, Duncan→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2016-03-23
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-02