BAGLEY MARINE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04169917 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-28
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 May 2025
Net worth
£206.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -55% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £206,670
Very low cash
Cash position: £35
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,254 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 55% YoY
Cash YoY
-55%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35
↓ 55% YoY
Net Worth
£207k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£42k£83k£125k£166k£208kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£230.1k£236.3k
Current assets£60.3k£67.0k
Cash£35£78
Debtors£60.3k£66.9k
Net assets£206.7k£207.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-04-24
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  4. 2023-11-21
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  7. 2023-11-21
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  8. 2023-11-21
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  9. 2023-02-28
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  10. 2022-04-01
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  11. 2020-12-16
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  12. 2020-02-27
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  13. 2019-02-21
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  14. 2018-02-22
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  15. 2017-02-17
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  16. 2013-06-30
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    FIELDING, Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-06-30
    ➕
    FIELDING, Jonathan appointed
    director
  18. 2013-06-30
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    BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-06-30
    ➖
    BAGLEY, Bernard Adrian resigned
    director
  20. 2013-06-30
    ➖
    BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose resigned
    director
  21. 2002-03-01
    ➖
    ASTON, Kenneth James David resigned
    director
  22. 2002-03-01
    ➖
    JONES, Peter Hammond resigned
    director
  23. 2001-12-03
    ➕
    BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-12-03
    ➖
    FLEETWOOD, Matthew David resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-12-03
    ➕
    ASTON, Kenneth James David appointed
    director
  26. 2001-12-03
    ➕
    BAGLEY, Bernard Adrian appointed
    director
  27. 2001-12-03
    ➕
    BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose appointed
    director
  28. 2001-12-03
    ➖
    BEECH, David Andrew resigned
    director
  29. 2001-12-03
    ➖
    FLEETWOOD, Matthew David resigned
    director
  30. 2001-12-03
    ➕
    JONES, Peter Hammond appointed
    director
  31. 2001-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAGLEY MARINE LIMITED
  32. 2001-02-28
    ➕
    FLEETWOOD, Matthew David appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-02-28
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2001-02-28
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2001-02-28
    ➕
    BEECH, David Andrew appointed
    director
  36. 2001-02-28
    ➕
    FLEETWOOD, Matthew David appointed
    director
  37. 2001-02-28
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2001-02-28
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

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

🏛️
Marine Associates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BAGLEY MARINE LIMITED
This company · 04169917

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Marine Associates Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Fielding
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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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🔒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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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
Incorporated2001-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

48 Arwenack Street
Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 3JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

FIELDING, Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIELDING, Jonathan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-03 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
FLEETWOOD, Matthew David→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-12-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-02-28
Resigned
ASTON, Kenneth James David→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-12-03 · resigned 2002-03-01
Resigned
BAGLEY, Bernard Adrian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-12-03 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
BAGLEY, Elizabeth Rose→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-12-03 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
BEECH, David Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-12-03
Resigned
FLEETWOOD, Matthew David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-12-03
Resigned
JONES, Peter Hammond→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-12-03 · resigned 2002-03-01
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-28 · resigned 2001-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-11-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
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accounts · AA
2022-04-01