BIO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05506502 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-12
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 Jul 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 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). 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
52 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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.

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-07-14
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  17. 2005-07-14
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  18. 2005-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BIO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  19. 2005-07-12
    ➕
    WESLAKE HILL, Ian, Dr appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-12
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    HOSKEN, Philip Marrack appointed
    director
  21. 2005-07-12
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-07-12
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr Philip Marrack Hosken
Individual · British · DOB 03/1935 · age 91
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/07/2016
Dr Ian Weslake-Hill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

3 Park Road
Redruth
TR15 2JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WESLAKE HILL, Ian, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-12
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Active
HOSKEN, Philip Marrack→
director · ~91y · appointed 2005-07-12
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-12 · resigned 2005-07-14
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-12 · resigned 2005-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01