BAINBRIDGE ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03741938 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-26
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33140SIC 33140
  • 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 8.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees414100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-02-14
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  6. 2025-02-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  7. 2025-01-21
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-03-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2024-03-18
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2024-03-15
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2024-03-07
    SIMPSON, Ben appointed
    director
  14. 2023-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-01-05
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2023-01-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2023-01-05
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2023-01-05
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2022-11-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-12-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2020-12-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2020-11-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-01-02
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2017-12-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
  26. 2017-12-15
    DICKINSON, James William appointed
    director
  27. 2017-12-15
    BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey resigned
    secretary
  28. 2017-12-15
    BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  29. 2017-12-15
    BAINBRIDGE, Kathryn Allison resigned
    director
  30. 2017-12-15
    BAINBRIDGE, Mary resigned
    director
  31. 2017-12-15
    BAINBRIDGE, Stephen resigned
    director
  32. 2017-12-15
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited
  33. 2017-12-15
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP
  34. 2015-04-08
    BAINBRIDGE, Brian David resigned
    director
  35. 2012-01-01
    BAINBRIDGE, Kathryn Allison appointed
    director
  36. 2012-01-01
    BAINBRIDGE, Mary appointed
    director
  37. 1999-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAINBRIDGE ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  38. 1999-03-26
    BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  39. 1999-03-26
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1999-03-26
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1999-03-26
    BAINBRIDGE, Brian David appointed
    director
  42. 1999-03-26
    BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  43. 1999-03-26
    BAINBRIDGE, Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Beckenreid Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Beckenreid Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
BAINBRIDGE ELECTRICAL LIMITED
This company · 03741938

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Beckenreid Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting15/12/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Bainbridge Holdings Limitedceased 15/12/2019· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Beezon Head
Beezon Road Trading
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 6BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

DICKINSON, James William
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-12-15
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Active
SIMPSON, Ben
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-03-07
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Active
BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey
secretary · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Brian David
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 2015-04-08
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Geoffrey
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Kathryn Allison
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Mary
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Stephen
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge1 property14/02/2025
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge14/02/2025
satisfied
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
A registered charge18/12/201705/01/2023
satisfied
Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans)
Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited
A registered charge1 property15/12/201705/01/2023
satisfied
Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP
Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP
A registered charge1 property15/12/201702/01/2018
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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27