BRIDGEWICK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03313719 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-06
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
£424.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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, 3 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
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
90 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £424,074

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£424k
↑ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£493k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£99k£197k£296k£394k£493kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£428.0k£427.6k
Current assets£492.7k£453.1k
Net assets£424.1k£414.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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  2. 2024-11-20
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  3. 2024-01-29
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  4. 2023-01-30
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  5. 2022-06-06
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  6. 2022-06-06
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  7. 2022-04-13
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  8. 2022-04-13
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  9. 2022-01-31
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  10. 2021-04-23
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  11. 2020-01-31
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  12. 2019-01-30
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  13. 2018-01-23
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  14. 2017-08-04
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  15. 2016-12-23
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  16. 2014-07-08
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    CLARKE, Samantha resigned
    secretary
  17. 2008-04-01
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    CLARKE, Samantha appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    GUNSTONE, Louise Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-04-01
    ➕
    GUNSTONE, Louise Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-04-23
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Samantha resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-03-03
    ➕
    CLARKE, David, Mr appointed
    director
  22. 1997-03-03
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Samantha appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-03-03
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-03-03
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGEWICK LIMITED
  26. 1997-02-06
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-02-06
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 David Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

367b Church Road
Frampton Cotterell
Bristol
BS36 2AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CLARKE, David, Mr →
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Samantha→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2014-07-08
Resigned
EDWARDS, Samantha→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-03 · resigned 2000-04-23
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-03-03
Resigned
GUNSTONE, Louise Anne→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

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2026-03-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-23