BULSARA LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07185841 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
40 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BULSARA LIMITED
- 2010-03-11➕RYAN, Mark Leslie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 |
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Mr Mark Leslie Ryan Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
48 Union Street
Hyde
SK14 1ND
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
RYAN, Mark Leslie→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-11
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-11