BOND HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02953929 · ltd · incorporated 1994-07-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.7y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	400	400

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

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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 (51 events)Click to expand

2025-11-07
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2025-11-07
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2025-11-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-08-12
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officers · CH01
2021-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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accounts · AA
2018-01-22
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accounts · AA
2017-01-18
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accounts · AA
2016-02-15
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BOND, Martin Stephen resigned
director
2013-07-24
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Charge satisfied #7
2013-07-24
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Charge satisfied #5
2012-12-21
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ANDREAE-JONES, Edward Alexander resigned
secretary
2012-12-21
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ANDREAE-JONES, Edward Alexander resigned
director
2012-08-16
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BOND, Christopher Ian appointed
director
2012-08-16
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BOND, Clare Margaret Louise appointed
director
2012-08-16
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BOND, Graham Martin appointed
director
2012-08-16
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BOND, Jonathan Martin appointed
director
2006-12-04
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BOND, Alison Mary appointed
secretary
2004-11-29
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2003-01-31
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-08-12
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ANDREAE-JONES, Edward Alexander appointed
director
2001-07-17
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Charge satisfied #6
2000-12-24
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BOND, Hermon Josiah resigned
director
2000-04-03
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2000-04-03
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1998-10-07
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Charge satisfied #4
1998-10-07
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Charge satisfied #3
1998-10-07
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Charge satisfied #2
1998-10-07
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Charge satisfied #1
1997-06-11
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-06-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-06-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1996-10-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1996-10-10
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ANDREAE-JONES, Edward Alexander appointed
secretary
1996-10-10
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BOND, Martin Stephen resigned
secretary
1994-08-12
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BOND, Martin Stephen appointed
secretary
1994-08-12
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-08-12
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BOND, Hermon Josiah appointed
director
1994-08-12
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BOND, Martin Stephen appointed
director
1994-08-12
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1994-07-29
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Company incorporated
As BOND HOLDINGS LIMITED
1994-07-29
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary

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Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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W H Bond & Sons Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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Lanhydrock Golf Club Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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BOND HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 02953929

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
W H Bond & Sons Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/05/2023
Lanhydrock Golf Club Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/05/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Graham Martin Bondceased 01/05/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1994-07-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Trerule Farm

Trerulefoot

Saltash

Cornwall

PL12 5BL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-12

Last: 2025-07-29