BONDTREND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01774906 · ltd · incorporated 1983-12-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 41.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23510
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 23610SIC 23610
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 41.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →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 (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10➕WALKER, Liam Dean appointeddirector
- 2023-07-10➖WALKER, Linda resignedsecretary
- 2023-07-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-07-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-07-08➕WALKER, Linda appointedsecretary
- 2004-07-08➖WALKER, Vernon Dean resignedsecretary
- 2004-07-08➖WALKER, Liam resigneddirector
- 2003-04-01➖WALKER, Lynda resignedsecretary
- 2003-04-01➕WALKER, Vernon Dean appointedsecretary
- 2003-04-01➕WALKER, Liam appointeddirector
- 2003-04-01➖WALKER, Lynda resigneddirector
- 1998-06-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1985-12-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1984-08-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1983-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BONDTREND LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WALKER, Liam Dean (same surname) appointed 2023-07-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Vernon Dean Walker Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/11/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Linda Walkerceased 27/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23510 — SIC 23510
Registered office
Bridge Street Yard
Abercarn
Gwent
NP11 4SE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
WALKER, Liam Dean→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2023-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Linda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-07-08 · resigned 2023-07-10
WALKER, Lynda→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2003-04-01
WALKER, Vernon Dean→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2004-07-08
WALKER, Liam→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2004-07-08
WALKER, Lynda→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 2003-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 24/06/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/12/1985 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/08/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (108 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16