BEARSUWANT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04483857 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-11

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-3.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,304

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£3k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-3.3k	£-3.3k
Net assets	£-3.3k	£-3.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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2023-04-06
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2022-04-23
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2021-04-04
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2020-01-04
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2019-04-05
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2018-02-22
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2017-02-06
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2015-11-11
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2015-07-23
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2015-03-31
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2014-07-14
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2013-09-25
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2008-09-12
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KENDALL SMITH, Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2008-09-12
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EKINS, Eric Walker resigned
secretary
2005-09-06
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EKINS, Eric Walker appointed
secretary
2005-09-06
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FENNER, Stanley resigned
secretary
2002-07-11
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Company incorporated
As BEARSUWANT LIMITED
2002-07-11
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KENDALL SMITH, Helen Patricia appointed
director
2002-07-11
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FENNER, Stanley appointed
secretary
2002-07-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Helen Kendall Smith Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	11/07/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-07-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

1 Cricklade Court

Cricklade Street

Swindon

SN1 3EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-25

Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

KENDALL SMITH, Geoffrey→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-12

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Active

KENDALL SMITH, Helen Patricia→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-07-11

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Active

EKINS, Eric Walker→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-06 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

FENNER, Stanley→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2005-09-06

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2002-07-11

Resigned

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