B.I. GROUNDWORK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03445373 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-06
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees—100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 1997-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As B.I. GROUNDWORK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  16. 1997-10-06
    ➕
    GLADWIN, Angela Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-10-06
    ➕
    GLADWIN, Christopher Peter appointed
    director
  18. 1997-10-06
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1997-10-06
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1997-10-06
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1997-10-06
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Angela Jane Gladwin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Christopher Peter Gladwin
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

17 Main Street
Greetham
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 7NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GLADWIN, Angela Jane→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-06
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Active
GLADWIN, Christopher Peter→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-10-06
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Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1997-10-06
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1997-10-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10