BUUCHA LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14870306 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-15
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10320
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10831SIC 10831
- 11040SIC 11040
- 28930SIC 28930
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
42 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
60
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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 9 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
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- 2025-11-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-11-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-07-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-01➕SMITH, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2023-10-12➕BISHOP, Janice Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2023-05-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BUUCHA LTD
- 2023-05-15➕BISHOP, Hugh Richard appointeddirector
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 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hugh Richard Bishop Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 15/05/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10320 — SIC 10320
Registered office
25 Hotham Road
London
SW15 1QL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BISHOP, Janice Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-10-12
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BISHOP, Hugh Richard→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2023-05-15
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SMITH, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-05-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-21
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
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