BINAGOLD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05609640 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-02
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 Mar 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 06200
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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
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£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£86.0k
Current assets—£87.1k
Net assets—£86.0k
Average employees0—

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2023-10-29
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  4. 2023-08-07
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  5. 2022-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-09-02
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  7. 2020-08-20
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  8. 2019-08-12
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-26
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-08-11
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-07-26
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  12. 2017-08-22
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  13. 2016-09-07
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  14. 2015-11-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-10-20
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    CHESWORTH, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  17. 2009-10-20
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    KIRKCOURT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-10-01
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    CHESWORTH, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-04-05
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    HENISTONE FINANCE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2005-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BINAGOLD LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-02
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    CHESWORTH, Andrew Reginald appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-02
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-11-02
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    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-02
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    KIRKCOURT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-11-02
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    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-11-02
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    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-11-02
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    HENISTONE FINANCE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Reginald Chesworth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC06200 — SIC 06200

Registered office

114 Hogshill Lane
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 2AW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CHESWORTH, Andrew Reginald→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHESWORTH, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2009-10-20
Resigned
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2005-11-02
Resigned
KIRKCOURT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2009-10-20
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2005-11-02
Resigned
HENISTONE FINANCE LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2007-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-10-03
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2025-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
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accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-12