BULLINGHOPE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01087502 · ltd · incorporated 1972-12-18
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 2024
Net worth
£-76.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 50.3y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 50.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £76,431
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£76k
Current Assets
£399k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £120.7k |
| Current assets | £398.9k |
| Debtors | £69.2k |
| Net assets | £-76.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-08-11📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-20➕BELLINGHAM, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2020-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-07-30🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2011-07-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2011-06-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 1998-07-15➕BELLINGHAM, Christopher appointeddirector
- 1979-04-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland
- 1976-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
- 1972-12-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BULLINGHOPE LIMITED
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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 ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Bellingham Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Nigel Peter Bellingham Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sally Ann Bellingham Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Briary House Iletts Farm
Radstone Road, Whitfield
Brackley
Northamptonshire
NN13 5GJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BELLINGHAM, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 1998-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BELLINGHAM, Nicola→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/06/2011 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland | Specefic charge. | 1 property | 06/04/1979 | 30/07/2011 | |
| satisfied | The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation . The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD. | Charge as collateral with a l/charge and further charg | 1 property | 24/02/1976 | 30/07/2011 |
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Recent filings (101 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21