BADGER MINI BUS HIRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03220188 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-11.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,579

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
Net Worth
-£12k
Current Assets
£181k
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k£27k£66k£104k£143k£181kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-11.6k—
Current assets£181.4k—
Cash£40.8k—
Debtors£137.2k—
Net assets£-11.6k—
Average employees—-400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2018-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-29
    ➖
    HILL, Mark resigned
    director
  13. 2018-11-29
    ➖
    HILL, Scott resigned
    director
  14. 2018-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-10-01
    ➕
    HILL, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-01
    ➕
    HILL, Scott appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-30
    ➖
    HODGSON, Jeremy David Wallworth resigned
    director
  21. 1996-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BADGER MINI BUS HIRE LIMITED
  22. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    HILL, Dorothy appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    HILL, Peter David appointed
    director
  24. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-07-03
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    HODGSON, Jeremy David Wallworth appointed
    director
  27. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-07-03
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1996-07-03
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 30 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Peter David Hill
Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

24 Rose Street East
Penshaw
Houghton Le Spring
DH4 7HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HILL, Dorothy→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Peter David→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned
HILL, Mark→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2018-11-29
Resigned
HILL, Scott→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2018-11-29
Resigned
HODGSON, Jeremy David Wallworth→
director · ~97y · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 2003-10-30
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12