BAILEYS WHOLESALE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12857461 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.33M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
25 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,331,609
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£185k
Net Worth
£1.3m
Current Assets
£2.9m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.34M | — |
| Current assets | £2.90M | — |
| Cash | £184.7k | — |
| Debtors | £1.31M | — |
| Net assets | £1.33M | — |
| Average employees | — | 2100 |
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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-02-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2020-09-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-09-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-09-08📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BAILEYS WHOLESALE LIMITED
- 2020-09-04➕BAILEY, Ian appointeddirector
- 2020-09-04➕BAILEY, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2020-09-04➕GEORGE, Katie Louise appointeddirector
- 2020-09-04➕DUKE, Michael appointeddirector
- 2020-09-04➖DUKE, Michael resigneddirector
- 2020-09-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAILEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
N R & C A Bailey Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
N R & C A Bailey Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BAILEYS WHOLESALE LIMITED
This company · 12857461
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N R & C A Bailey Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 04/09/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
Baileys Diy
Brecon Road
Abergavenny
NP7 7RB
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BAILEY, Matthew→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2020-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEORGE, Katie Louise→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2020-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUKE, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-09-04 · resigned 2020-09-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/02/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24