B AND I KITCHEN INSTALLATIONS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13880296 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£7.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Special-situation opportunityDistressed manufacturing with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £7,050
Very low cash
Cash position: £54
Net assets shrinking
Down £27 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£54
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.0k | £7.1k |
| Current assets | £21.6k | £16.1k |
| Cash | £54 | £123 |
| Debtors | £21.5k | £16.0k |
| Net assets | £7.0k | £7.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-20➕BUCHANAN, Danny appointeddirector
- 2024-09-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-12➖SMITH, Ian Anthony resigneddirector
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03➕BURGIN, Matthew Paul Lee appointeddirector
- 2022-11-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-29🏢Company incorporatedAs B AND I KITCHEN INSTALLATIONS LTD
- 2022-01-29➕SMITH, Ian Anthony appointeddirector
- 2022-01-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Danny Buchanan Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/11/2024 |
Mr Matthew Paul Lee Burgin Individual · British · DOB 01/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/01/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Anthony Smithceased 12/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020
Registered office
Vicarage Corner House, 219 Burton Road
Derby
DE23 6AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BUCHANAN, Danny→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2024-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGIN, Matthew Paul Lee→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Ian Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-01-29 · resigned 2024-09-12
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-03