BONDS OF LONGRIDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00832222 · ltd · incorporated 1964-12-23
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£111k£221k£332k£442k£553kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-292024-09-29
Total assets—£590.2k
Current assets—£545.9k
Cash—£421.9k
Debtors—£39.7k
Net assets—£552.8k
Average employees1500—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
    ➕
    BOND, Christine Julie appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-02-09
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2019-10-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-13
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  18. 2009-12-01
    ➖
    BOND, Anne resigned
    director
  19. 1996-11-03
    ➕
    BOND, Christine Julie appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-11-03
    ➖
    ROGERSON, Joan resigned
    secretary
  21. 1995-06-20
    ➖
    BOND, Leslie resigned
    director
  22. 1993-11-12
    ➕
    BOND, Thomas appointed
    director
  23. 1964-12-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BONDS OF LONGRIDGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bonds Of Longridge Projects Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Bonds Of Longridge Projects Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BONDS OF LONGRIDGE LIMITED
This company · 00832222

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bonds Of Longridge Projects Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Bondceased 30/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Stone Bridge Garage
Kestor Lane
Longridge
Lancs
PR3 3AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BOND, Christine Julie→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Christine Julie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Thomas→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERSON, Joan→
secretary · resigned 1996-11-03
Resigned
BOND, Anne→
director · ~104y · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
BOND, Leslie→
director · ~99y · resigned 1995-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14