BCB SOLUTIONS (NW) LTD

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16397169 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-21
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43341Painting
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-08-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD
  4. 2025-04-23
    COWAN, Andrew Craig appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-04-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2025-04-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BCB SOLUTIONS (NW) LTD
  9. 2025-04-21
    WILSON, Stephen appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-07

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stephen Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/04/2025
Mr Andrew Craig Cowan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
2550%
25-50% shares23/04/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

48 - 52 Penny Lane Mossley Hill
Liverpool
Merseyside
L18 1DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COWAN, Andrew Craig
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-04-23
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WILSON, Stephen
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-04-21
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services LTD
A registered charge07/08/2025
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Recent filings (7 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-07-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-21