BUNTEN HOLDINGS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10329844 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 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
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,167
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£4
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-5.2k | £-4.8k |
| Current assets | £4 | £4 |
| Net assets | £-5.2k | £-4.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
10
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-08-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BUNTEN HOLDINGS LTD
- 2016-08-15➕BAXTER, Sophie Julia appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➕BUNTEN, Christian Robert appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➕BUNTEN, Dominie Jane appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➕LANGHORNE, Claire Juliette appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUNTEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Claire Juliette Langhorne Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/08/2017 |
Mr Christian Robert Bunten Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/08/2017 |
Mrs Sophie Julia Baxter Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/08/2017 |
Miss Dominie Jane Bunten Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 15/08/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
17 Hope Street Yard
Hope Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 3NA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BAXTER, Sophie Julia→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2016-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUNTEN, Christian Robert→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUNTEN, Dominie Jane→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANGHORNE, Claire Juliette→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2016-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (39 total)
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officers · CH01
2026-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30