BORGONON & CO LTD

💤Zombieactive
05998255 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-14
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£71.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £71,637

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£72k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£29k£43k£57k£72kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£76.3k£67.3k
Current assets£4.4k£31.6k
Net assets£71.6k£53.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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  2. 2025-11-06
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-08
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    BORGONON, Jane Elizabeth resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-07
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  6. 2023-06-16
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  7. 2022-06-06
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  8. 2021-04-08
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  9. 2020-03-19
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  10. 2019-04-08
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  11. 2018-04-25
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  12. 2017-04-11
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  13. 2016-03-01
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  14. 2015-12-01
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  15. 2015-04-13
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  16. 2014-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-04-18
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    BORGONON, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2011-05-20
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    DONNINGTON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BORGONON & CO LTD
  20. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    BORGONON, Richard Eric appointed
    director
  21. 2006-11-14
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    DONNINGTON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-11-14
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-11-14
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 "BORGONON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 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

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 Richard Eric Borgonon
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Borgonon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Park Green Cottage
Barhatch Road
Cranleigh
GU6 7DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BORGONON, Richard Eric→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-11-14
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Active
DONNINGTON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2011-05-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-14
Resigned
BORGONON, Jane Elizabeth→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-04-18 · resigned 2025-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
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officers · TM01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2023-06-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20