BDBCO NO. 515 LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
09519580 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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 (79/100)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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £3,171,982
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£104k
Net Worth
£3.2m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £103.7k | — |
| Net assets | £3.17M | — |
| Average employees | — | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-03-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-03-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BDBCO NO. 515 LIMITED
- 2015-03-31➕ORR, Murray Leonard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Murray Leonard Orr Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | — | 75–100% | 75-100% voting · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr James Orr Individual · British · DOB 03/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Frederic Orr Individual · British · DOB 04/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Miss Olivia Orr Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies
Registered office
C/O S&W Partners Llp, 14th Floor
103 Colmore Row
Birmingham
England
B3 3AG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
ORR, Murray Leonard→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-03-31
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-13