BENNETT BOILERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05644368 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-05
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-20.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25300
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (83/100, director aged 75). 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
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,854
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,380 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£21k
↓ 254% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£21k-£10k£1k£12k£23k£34kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-20.9k£13.5k
Current assets£10.0k£34.3k
Net assets£-20.9k£13.5k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BENNETT BOILERS LIMITED
  17. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    BENNETT, Susan Jeannette appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    BENNETT, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2005-12-05
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-12-05
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2005-12-05
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENNETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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
Mrs Susan Jeanette Bennett
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/08/2025
Mr Andrew Bennett
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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8 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
Incorporated2005-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25300 — SIC 25300

Registered office

Unit A Lewin House
The Street
Radstock
BA3 3FJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BENNETT, Susan Jeannette→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENNETT, Andrew→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2005-12-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-05 · resigned 2005-12-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-08