B.P. SANDERS AND COMPANY LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14002180 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-25
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
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year to Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-07✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-04-07✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2025-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-11➕FARRELL, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2025-02-11➕POCOCK, David Charles appointeddirector
- 2025-02-11➖FERRETT, Stephen Alan resigneddirector
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25🏢Company incorporatedAs B.P. SANDERS AND COMPANY LIMITED
- 2022-03-25➕FERRETT, Stephen Alan appointeddirector
- 2022-03-25📄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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed 2 times
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-04-07: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-04-07: change-of-name-notice
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr David Charles Pocock Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/03/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Suite 7a, Building 6
Croxley Park, Hatters Lane
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 8YH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FARRELL, Stuart→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POCOCK, David Charles→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2025-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FERRETT, Stephen Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2022-03-25 · resigned 2025-02-11
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-07
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-06