BELLANE PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02648338 · ltd · incorporated 1991-09-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 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 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
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
86 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£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-18
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2022-09-16
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  5. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-06-20
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  8. 2018-11-23
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  9. 2017-12-08
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  10. 2016-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-15
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  13. 2014-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-01-09
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    STEWART, David Samuel resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-01-09
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    STEWART, David Samuel resigned
    director
  18. 1995-02-02
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    STEWART, David Samuel appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-02-02
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    STEWART, Robert David resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-02-02
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    STEWART, David Samuel appointed
    director
  21. 1995-02-02
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    STEWART, Robert David resigned
    director
  22. 1993-07-21
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    STEWART, John Charles appointed
    director
  23. 1993-07-21
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    PRESTON, Bronwyn resigned
    secretary
  24. 1993-07-21
    ➕
    STEWART, Robert David appointed
    secretary
  25. 1993-07-21
    ➖
    ASHLEY, Frances Hazel resigned
    director
  26. 1993-07-21
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    PRESTON, Bronwyn resigned
    director
  27. 1993-07-21
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    STEWART, Robert David appointed
    director
  28. 1991-10-24
    ➕
    PRESTON, Bronwyn appointed
    secretary
  29. 1991-10-24
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1991-10-24
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    ASHLEY, Frances Hazel appointed
    director
  31. 1991-10-24
    ➕
    PRESTON, Bronwyn appointed
    director
  32. 1991-10-24
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1991-10-24
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1991-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BELLANE PROPERTIES LIMITED
  35. 1991-09-24
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1991-09-24
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 1991-09-24
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

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

Group structure

Decopac Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Decopac Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BELLANE PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · 02648338

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Decopac Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr John Charles Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

West House
King Cross Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 1EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

STEWART, John Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRESTON, Bronwyn→
secretary · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 1993-07-21
Resigned
STEWART, David Samuel→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-02 · resigned 2010-01-09
Resigned
STEWART, Robert David→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-21 · resigned 1995-02-02
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 1991-10-24
Resigned
ASHLEY, Frances Hazel→
director · ~109y · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 1993-07-21
Resigned
PRESTON, Bronwyn→
director · ~76y · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 1993-07-21
Resigned
STEWART, David Samuel→
director · ~101y · appointed 1995-02-02 · resigned 2010-01-09
Resigned
STEWART, Robert David→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-07-21 · resigned 1995-02-02
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 1991-10-24
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 1991-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

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2025-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-10-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-08-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-24
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accounts · AA
2019-06-20
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accounts · AA
2018-11-23