BOND RETAIL MARKETING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02806307 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-02
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 46150
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (79/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
85 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 employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-03
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  13. 2019-10-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-10-03
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2019-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-09-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-09-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-09-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2019-08-01
    ➖
    BOND, John Howard resigned
    secretary
  20. 2019-08-01
    ➖
    BOND, John Howard resigned
    director
  21. 1993-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BOND RETAIL MARKETING LIMITED
  22. 1993-04-02
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Paul Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 1993-04-02
    ➕
    BOND, John Howard appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-04-02
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-04-02
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-04-02
    ➕
    BOND, John Howard appointed
    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 79 — 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 79 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Alexander Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Howard Bondceased 03/08/2019· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

Suite 8 Phoenix House
Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
Essex
SS14 3EZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Paul Alexander→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, John Howard→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-02 · resigned 2019-08-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-04-02 · resigned 1993-04-02
Resigned
BOND, John Howard→
director · ~83y · appointed 1993-04-02 · resigned 2019-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-29