THE BISHOP & SEWELL FOUNDATION

🌳Matureactive

06559501 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-04-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£78.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (9 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

7 active PSC(s) of 10 total, 10 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £78,045

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,294 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 61% YoY

Cash YoY

-61%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 61% YoY

Net Worth

£78k

↓ 4.0% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£78.0k	£81.3k
Cash	£2.1k	£5.4k
Net assets	£78.0k	£81.3k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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KASHIS, Agathocles Michael resigned
director
2022-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-07
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officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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BRIGHT, Karen Linda appointed
director
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-01
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BARLOW, Nicholas Hugh appointed
director
2019-09-30
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GILLMAN, Michael John resigned
director
2018-10-01
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LITTLE, David Anthony appointed
director
2018-10-01
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MACARTNEY, Christopher James appointed
director
2017-10-01
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KASHIS, Agathocles Michael appointed
director
2011-05-01
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CHICK, Mark Christopher appointed
director
2009-11-24
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BISHOP, Stephen Charles appointed
director
2009-11-24
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POTTER, Nicholas Francis appointed
director
2009-11-24
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SWAINE, Andrew Douglas appointed
director
2009-11-24
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GILLMAN, Michael John appointed
director
2009-11-24
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BISHOP & SEWELL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2008-04-08
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Company incorporated
As THE BISHOP & SEWELL FOUNDATION
2008-04-08
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BISHOP & SEWELL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-04-08
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BISHOP & SEWELL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BISHOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

7 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Karen Linda Bright Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/10/2021
Mr Nicholas Hugh Barlow Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/02/2021
Mr David Anthony Little Individual · Welsh · DOB 09/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/10/2018
Mr Christopher James Macartney Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/10/2018
Mr Nicholas Francis Potter Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Douglas Swaine Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Mark Christopher Chick Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Agathocles Michael Kashisceased 31/03/2023· significant influence
Mr Stephen Charles Bishopceased 03/02/2022· significant influence
Mr Michael John Gillmanceased 09/04/2020· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2008-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

59/60 Russell Square

London

WC1B 4HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10