BELLA & GOOSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11922667 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-03
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-7.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,502
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£261
↑ 2.0% YoY
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£8k-£6k-£4k-£2k-£626£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-7.5k£-5.9k
Current assets£1.0k£1.1k
Cash£261£256
Debtors£37
Net assets£-7.5k£-5.9k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELLA & GOOSE LIMITED
  10. 2019-04-03
    LATHAM, Jennifer appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Jennifer Latham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting03/04/2019

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
Incorporated2019-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

Studio C Jubilee Warehouse
Commercial Road
Penryn
Cornwall
TR10 8AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LATHAM, Jennifer
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-04-03
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03