BUSHWALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03009577 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-13

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£281.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £281,663

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£282k

Current Assets

£347k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31
Total assets	£283.9k
Current assets	£346.7k
Net assets	£281.7k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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BRUCE, Rachel appointed
director
2026-03-02
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2025-05-29
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incorporation · MA
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2024-11-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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capital · SH01
2024-11-14
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capital · SH01
2024-11-14
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capital · SH01
2024-11-14
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capital · SH01
2024-09-09
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2024-08-01
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2020-09-17
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2019-08-07
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2010-01-31
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BRUCE, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2000-02-25
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BRUCE, Ian Scot appointed
director
2000-02-25
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BRUCE, Neal Craig appointed
director
1997-03-31
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BRUCE, Theresa appointed
secretary
1997-03-31
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BRUCE, Theresa appointed
director
1997-03-31
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ROSS, Laureenie resigned
secretary
1997-03-31
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BRUCE, Sarah Jane appointed
director
1997-03-31
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ROSS, Laureenie resigned
director
1997-03-31
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WAND, Marion Laura resigned
director
1995-01-24
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ROSS, Laureenie appointed
secretary
1995-01-24
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-01-24
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ROSS, Laureenie appointed
director
1995-01-24
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WAND, Marion Laura appointed
director
1995-01-24
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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1995-01-13
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Company incorporated
As BUSHWALL LIMITED
1995-01-13
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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1995-01-13
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Scot Bruce Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017
Mr Neal Craig Bruce Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1995-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1&2 Soff Lane

Goxhill

Barrow-Upon-Humber

DN19 7NA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13