BULLDOG INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02806630 · 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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£27.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £27,267
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£142k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£27k
↑ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£195k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £27.3k | £13.7k |
| Current assets | £195.1k | £470.2k |
| Cash | £141.9k | £89.2k |
| Debtors | £51.1k | £378.9k |
| Net assets | £27.3k | £13.7k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-04-14➖HALL, Lena Ulrika Elisabet resignedsecretary
- 1998-03-27➖HALL, Anthony Maxwell resignedsecretary
- 1998-02-02➕HALL, Lena Ulrika Elisabet appointedsecretary
- 1998-02-02➖THORPE, William James resigneddirector
- 1993-04-08➕HALL, Anthony Maxwell appointeddirector
- 1993-04-08➕HALL, Anthony Maxwell appointedsecretary
- 1993-04-08➖BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1993-04-08➕THORPE, William James appointeddirector
- 1993-04-08➖DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1993-04-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BULLDOG INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 1993-04-02➕BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1993-04-02➕DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +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 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Maxwell Hall Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMFIELD FASHIONS LTD→ 15339612 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| BUY&BUILD LTD→ 16621504 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| CABB UK LIMITED→ 04215175 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
207 Knutsford Road
Grappenhall
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 2QL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
HALL, Anthony Maxwell→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 1993-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALL, Anthony Maxwell→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-04-08 · resigned 1998-03-27
HALL, Lena Ulrika Elisabet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-02-02 · resigned 2014-04-14
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-04-02 · resigned 1993-04-08
THORPE, William James→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1993-04-08 · resigned 1998-02-02
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-04-02 · resigned 1993-04-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/05/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (94 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19