BRIDGE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06620519 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-16

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

£77.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 £77,264

Net assets shrinking

Down £27,448 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£77k

↓ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£305k

↓ 1.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£86.4k	£122.4k
Current assets	£304.7k	£308.2k
Cash	—	£1.6k
Debtors	£136.4k	£158.9k
Net assets	£77.3k	£104.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-10-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-10-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-27
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address · AD01
2015-05-08
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PIDD, Christopher Paul resigned
director
2011-03-23
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BOOTHBY, Alan resigned
director
2011-03-23
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PIDD, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2008-07-22
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BOOTHBY, Alan appointed
director
2008-06-16
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Company incorporated
As BRIDGE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED
2008-06-16
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WESTOBY, Jane appointed
secretary
2008-06-16
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WESTOBY, Wayne William appointed
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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Wayne William Westoby Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-06-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

Unit 5 Enterprise Way

Winterton

Scunthorpe

DN15 9SX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WESTOBY, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-16

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Active

WESTOBY, Wayne William→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-06-16

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Active

BOOTHBY, Alan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-07-22 · resigned 2011-03-23

Resigned

PIDD, Christopher Paul→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-03-23 · resigned 2015-05-08

Resigned

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