FOWLERS OF BRISTOL LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

00711079 · ltd · incorporated 1961-12-19

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£32.46M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45400

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

20 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 61.5y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 61.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

20 charges (20/20 with lender, 20/20 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £1,014,687

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	£32.46M	—
Gross profit	£6.36M	—
Profit before tax	£-1.01M	£110.9k
Average employees	0	15600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

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2023-12-21
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2022-12-16
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2021-10-08
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2021-01-10
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2019-10-05
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2018-10-02
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2017-09-01
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2015-12-09
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2014-01-22
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Charge satisfied #18
2014-01-22
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Charge satisfied #17
2013-12-21
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Charge satisfied #19
2012-05-28
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2012-04-30
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2009-07-03
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DAVISON, Gerald Richard resigned
director
2009-04-27
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BENNETT, Neil Stanley appointed
director
2008-06-19
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Charge satisfied #16
2008-06-19
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Charge satisfied #15
2008-06-19
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Charge satisfied #8
2008-06-02
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2007-03-15
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BENNETT, Neil Stanley appointed
secretary
2007-03-15
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ASHURST, Ian David resigned
secretary
2006-08-28
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FOWLER, Harold Charles resigned
director
2003-06-18
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ANDREWS, Jonathon Mark resigned
director
2003-01-17
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-10-27
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ASHURST, Ian David appointed
secretary
2000-10-27
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OVENS, Graham John resigned
secretary
2000-10-27
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OVENS, Graham John resigned
director
2000-06-17
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Charge satisfied #6
2000-06-14
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-04-14
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Charge satisfied #10
1999-05-07
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1998-10-07
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-04-30
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-12-02
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-07-11
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Charge satisfied #11
1997-01-31
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Ernest Hugh Blacknell and Brian Kinton
1997-01-09
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Bmw Finance (GB) Limited
1996-12-31
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FOWLER, Eileen Florence resigned
director
1996-12-06
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OVENS, Graham John appointed
director
1996-04-20
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Charge satisfied #5
1996-04-20
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Charge satisfied #4

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FOWLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 64 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

St James Parade(107) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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St James Parade(107) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FOWLERS OF BRISTOL LIMITED

This company · 00711079

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
St James Parade(107) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Doctor Gillian Helen Johnson Individual · English · DOB 11/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Stephanie Lynn Fowler Individual · English · DOB 07/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1961-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

2-12 Bath Rd

Pylle Hill

Bristol

BS4 3DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-20

Last: 2026-05-06