BENTLEY EQUINE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09954745 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-15

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£-1.63M

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-life insurance

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,629,917

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

-£1.6m

↓ 5.5% YoY

Current Assets

£210k

↓ 1.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£-1.63M	£-1.55M
Current assets	£209.8k	£212.3k
Cash	£6.1k	£7.1k
Debtors	—	£1.5k
Net assets	£-1.63M	£-1.55M

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

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 gazette

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 gazette

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 gazette
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-04-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-08-30
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TODD, Rob resigned
director
2017-07-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-01-16
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BENTLEY, Juliet Ann appointed
director
2016-01-15
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Company incorporated
As BENTLEY EQUINE LIMITED
2016-01-15
➕
TODD, Rob appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENTLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-28

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Juliet Ann Bentley Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/01/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-01-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

C/O Dwilkinson&Company No1 Whitehall Riverside

1 Riverside Way

Leeds

LS1 4BN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-01-28OVERDUE

Last: 2025-01-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BENTLEY, Juliet Ann→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-01-16

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Active

TODD, Rob→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2017-08-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2026-05-15

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-04-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-31

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-19

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-03-23