BENTLEY HOUSE TRUSTEES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05847132 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£986
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 66290Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 34.1y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
51 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £986
Cash YoY
+146%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
↑ 146% YoY
Net Worth
£986
↑ 848% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 146% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £986 | £104 |
| Current assets | £1.5k | £604 |
| Cash | £1.5k | £604 |
| Net assets | £986 | £104 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-12-31➖ROUND, Matthew John resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-31➖ROUND, Matthew John resigneddirector
- 2013-06-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: E.on Climate & Renewables UK Limited
- 2010-08-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-06-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BENTLEY HOUSE TRUSTEES LIMITED
- 2006-06-15➕CROOKS, John Cutter appointeddirector
- 2006-06-15➕ROUND, Matthew John appointedsecretary
- 2006-06-15➕ROUND, Matthew John appointeddirector
- 1992-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anglo Irish International Financial Services Limited
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- 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 Cutter Crooks Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A G WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD→ 07897776 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ACACIA MORTGAGES LIMITED→ 04185236 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| ALK INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISERS LIMITED→ 05367879 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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| BAGLEYS SALES AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 06264970 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| BARWICK GREEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 15191110 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BDA FINANCIAL LIMITED→ 17025340 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BEAR IMAGES LIMITED→ 03387544 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| BELL SIMPSON LIMITED→ 05217924 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BERRUSDON INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 13012760 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding
Registered office
40 Stanley Road
Stourbridge
DY8 2DL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
CROOKS, John Cutter→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2006-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROUND, Matthew John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-06-15 · resigned 2013-12-31
ROUND, Matthew John→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-06-15 · resigned 2013-12-31
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | E.on Climate & Renewables UK E.on Climate & Renewables UK Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 17/06/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/08/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Anglo Irish International Financial Services Anglo Irish International Financial Services Limited | Fixed charge by way of legal mortgage | 4 properties | 24/04/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (51 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-18