BEX LONDON LTD

💤Zombieactive
07512802 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-01
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-19.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20420
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,486
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£19k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£23k-£13k-£2k£8k£19k£29kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£22.3k£32.1k
Current assets£20.2k£29.2k
Net assets£-19.5k£-23.5k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2022-02-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
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    address · AD01
  11. 2020-02-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-04-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-04-11
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-02-28
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    GRAHAM, Maria resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-03-28
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    BASTEN, Clifford John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-03-28
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    GRAHAM, Maria appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BEX LONDON LTD
  21. 2011-02-01
    ➕
    GOSWELL, Rebecca Louise appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-01
    ➕
    BASTEN, Clifford John appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rebecca Louise Goswell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20420 — SIC 20420

Registered office

311 Petersham Road
Richmond
TW10 7DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GOSWELL, Rebecca Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BASTEN, Clifford John→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2012-03-28
Resigned
GRAHAM, Maria→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-28 · resigned 2019-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-02-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05