BEDGRO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02844125 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-11
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 Apr 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 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). 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 (67/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-30
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    TAYLOR, William Robert resigned
    director
  4. 2025-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2017-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2004-06-07
    ➕
    PHILPOTT, Beverley Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-02-19
    ➖
    MILLS, Stephen James resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-07-25
    ➕
    MILLS, Stephen James appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-11-16
    ➖
    HEROD, Paul Richard resigned
    secretary
  21. 1993-08-17
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Alastair appointed
    director
  22. 1993-08-17
    ➕
    HEROD, Paul Richard appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-08-17
    ➖
    WOODFINES COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1993-08-17
    ➕
    TAYLOR, William Robert appointed
    director
  25. 1993-08-17
    ➖
    LEEDS DAY FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 1993-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BEDGRO LIMITED
  27. 1993-08-11
    ➕
    WOODFINES COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1993-08-11
    ➕
    LEEDS DAY FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 88 — 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 88 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Potton Road
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 0ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

PHILPOTT, Beverley Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-07
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Active
FINDLAY, Alastair→
director · ~88y · appointed 1993-08-17
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Active
HEROD, Paul Richard→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-17 · resigned 1999-11-16
Resigned
MILLS, Stephen James→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-25 · resigned 2004-02-19
Resigned
WOODFINES COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-08-11 · resigned 1993-08-17
Resigned
TAYLOR, William Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-08-17 · resigned 2025-12-30
Resigned
LEEDS DAY FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1993-08-11 · resigned 1993-08-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-20