BADNOR FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02750462 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-25

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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address · AD01
2025-11-25
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2024-11-18
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2023-11-20
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2022-12-19
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2021-12-07
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2020-12-15
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2019-11-27
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2018-11-14
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2017-10-30
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accounts · AA
2016-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-07-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2015-12-19
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accounts · AA
2015-10-02
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-22
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accounts · AA
2010-10-12
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ROBINSON, Catherine Clare Brenner resigned
director
2005-10-07
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ROBINSON, Catherine Clare Brenner appointed
director
1997-10-07
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MCKENZIE, Hannah Leigh appointed
secretary
1997-10-07
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HBW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1995-03-30
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ROBINSON, Shelley resigned
secretary
1995-03-30
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HBW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1992-09-25
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Company incorporated
As BADNOR FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
1992-09-25
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ROBINSON, Graham Dacre appointed
director
1992-09-25
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ROBINSON, Shelley appointed
secretary
1992-09-25
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P S SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-09-25
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P S SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-09-25
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P S NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1992-09-25
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P S NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Dacre Robinson Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	25/09/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-09-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Bramcote

Tilford Road

Farnham

Surrey

GU10 2EP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCKENZIE, Hannah Leigh→

secretary · appointed 1997-10-07

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Active

ROBINSON, Graham Dacre→

director · ~80y · appointed 1992-09-25

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Active

ROBINSON, Shelley→

secretary · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1995-03-30

Resigned

HBW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-03-30 · resigned 1997-10-07

Resigned

P S SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-09-25

Resigned

ROBINSON, Catherine Clare Brenner→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-10-07 · resigned 2010-10-12

Resigned

P S NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-09-25

Resigned

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