BONNAMAIN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03444835 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-66.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £66,167
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£66k
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-66.2k | — |
| Net assets | £-66.2k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-16➕SHIEKH, Bilal Mustafa, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-11-16➕SHIEKH, Usthman Ghani Qusim, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-11-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1998-09-16➕AHMAD, Jamil, Dr appointedsecretary
- 1998-09-16➕AHMAD, Jamil, Dr appointeddirector
- 1998-09-16➕SHIEKH, Mohammed Qusim appointeddirector
- 1998-09-16➖C C S SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1998-09-16➖C C S CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 1998-09-16➖C C S DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 1997-10-14➖WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh resignedsecretary
- 1997-10-14➕C C S SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-10-14➖WOOLFORD, Leigh James resigneddirector
- 1997-10-14➕C C S CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 1997-10-14➕C C S DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 1997-10-06🏢Company incorporatedAs BONNAMAIN LIMITED
- 1997-10-06➕WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh appointedsecretary
- 1997-10-06➕WOOLFORD, Leigh James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Mohammed Qusim Shiekh Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
New Brook House 385 Alfreton Road
2nd Floor
Nottingham
NG7 5LR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)
Active
AHMAD, Jamil, Dr→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1998-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHIEKH, Bilal Mustafa, Dr→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHIEKH, Mohammed Qusim→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1998-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHIEKH, Usthman Ghani Qusim, Dr→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1997-10-14
C C S SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1998-09-16
WOOLFORD, Leigh James→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1997-10-14
C C S CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1998-09-16
C C S DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1998-09-16
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Recent filings (76 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11