B CHRISTIE TOOLING DESIGN LTD

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10298299 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-27
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£21.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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 (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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £21,225
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,748 YoY
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£39k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£29k£39k£49kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£21.2k£35.0k
Current assets£41.3k£48.9k
Cash£38.9k£39.9k
Debtors£2.4k£9.0k
Net assets£21.2k£35.0k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-01
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2023-09-20
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    address · AD02
  6. 2023-09-20
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    address · AD02
  7. 2023-09-19
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    address · AD01
  8. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-01
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    address · AD03
  14. 2018-08-01
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  15. 2018-08-01
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    address · AD02
  16. 2018-08-01
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    address · AD02
  17. 2018-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As B CHRISTIE TOOLING DESIGN LTD
  19. 2016-07-27
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    CHRISTIE, Robert Lawrence Frank appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHRISTIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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 Robert Lawrence Frank Christie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

The Squires
5 Walsall Street
Wednesbury
WS10 9BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHRISTIE, Robert Lawrence Frank→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-07-27
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-09-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-09-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-04