BCE PROJECTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12280114 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
- 56101Licenced restaurants
- 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-04➖STEVENSON, Joe resigneddirector
- 2020-05-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-24➕STEVENSON, Joe appointeddirector
- 2019-10-24🏢Company incorporatedAs BCE PROJECTS LIMITED
- 2019-10-24➕BROMLEY, Barnaby Holmes appointeddirector
- 2019-10-24➕BROMLEY, Keith appointeddirector
- 2019-10-24➕SMITH, James Paul appointeddirector
- 2019-10-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-10-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Barnaby Holmes Bromley Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/10/2019 |
Mr James Paul Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/10/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat
Registered office
H1 Ash Tree Court
Mellors Way
Nottingham Business Park
Nottingham
NG8 6PY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BROMLEY, Barnaby Holmes→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2019-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROMLEY, Keith→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2019-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, James Paul→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2019-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENSON, Joe→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2020-03-24 · resigned 2020-08-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10