BNL (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02668025 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-03

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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

10 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 34.5y

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 34.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

33 officers (5 active, 33 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

255 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 £1,569,456

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£-1.57M	£-3.27M
Average employees	40	7300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (95 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
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GOLDSMITH, Mark Terence appointed
director
2025-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-18
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Leumi UK Group Limited
2025-04-24
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BRAMHAM, Richard, Mr. resigned
director
2025-04-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
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Charge satisfied #8
2024-03-19
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Charge satisfied #7
2024-03-19
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Charge satisfied #6
2024-03-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-14
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Leumi UK Group Limited
2024-03-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-19
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GREEN, Anthony Richard, Mr. appointed
director
2024-02-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-01
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WILKINSON, Jonathan resigned
director
2023-09-04
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WHITEHEAD, Anna appointed
secretary
2023-09-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-04-25
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BRAMHAM, Richard, Mr. appointed
director
2023-04-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-10-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-09
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CLARK, Georgina Stephanie appointed
director
2022-03-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-17
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-14
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-12-20
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HANN, Jonathan Hugh James, Mr. appointed
director
2021-12-20
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BALL, Nicholas Martin resigned
secretary
2021-12-20
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BALL, Nicholas Martin resigned
director
2021-12-20
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RAHMATALLAH, Faisal John resigned
director
2021-05-25
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WILKINSON, Jonathan appointed
director
2019-09-13
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-07-31
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MANSFIELD, Derek Steven resigned
director
2013-07-01
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WOOD, Paul Gregory resigned
director
2012-01-03
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MANSFIELD, Derek Steven appointed
director
2011-10-31
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BALL, Nicholas Martin appointed
director
2011-10-31
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NAGWANEY, Arun resigned
director
2011-10-31
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PARTLETT, Neil Keith, Dr resigned
director
2011-10-31
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WOOD, Paul Gregory appointed
director
2011-07-29
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Charge satisfied #5
2011-07-29
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Charge satisfied #4
2011-07-15
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 95 events

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 med ·

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.

Group structure

Plastics Capital Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Plastics Capital Trading Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BNL (UK) LIMITED

This company · 02668025

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Plastics Capital Trading Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-12-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Bnl (Uk) Limited

Manse Lane

Knaresborough

North Yorkshire

HG5 8LF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03