A BULL ASSOCIATES LTD

🌳Matureactive

10165546 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-05

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.

· Lifecycle stage: established → mature
· Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Lifecycle stage: established → mature
·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-28
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-27
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-05
🏢
Company incorporated
As A BULL ASSOCIATES LTD
2016-05-05
➕
BULL, Amy Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-05-05
➕
MILLER, Wendy Ann appointed
director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BULL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
Ms Amy Elizabeth Bull Individual · American · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	05/05/2016

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

Incorporated2016-05-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Benedict Court Flat 9 Benedict Court

Monk Street

Abergavenny

Monmouthshire

NP7 5NJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BULL, Amy Elizabeth→

director · ~66y · appointed 2016-05-05

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Active

MILLER, Wendy Ann→

director · ~69y · appointed 2016-05-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-24

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

address · AD01

2026-01-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-16

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

address · AD01

2022-06-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-12-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-10-26

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-10-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-10-26