BODYWORK DIRECT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05724189 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-28
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£980.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 19.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £980,451
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£414k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Net Worth
£980k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£822k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-27 | 2024-08-27 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.04M | £816.1k |
| Current assets | £821.6k | £702.4k |
| Cash | £414.2k | £434.2k |
| Debtors | £310.1k | £223.1k |
| Net assets | £980.5k | £747.2k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-09-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-03-03➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-03➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-02-28🏢Company incorporatedAs BODYWORK DIRECT LIMITED
- 2006-02-28➕GOWLAND, Samantha appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-28➕BLENKINSOP, John David appointeddirector
- 2006-02-28➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-28➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John David Blenkinsop Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Beechburn Industrial Estate
Prospect Road
Crook
Co Durham
DL15 8JN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last made up to: 2025-08-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BLENKINSOP, John David→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2006-03-03
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2006-03-03
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/02/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/09/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (52 total)
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2026-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
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mortgage · MR01
2026-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02