BUSTER JIMMY GRYPHON LTD

💤Zombieactive
13557912 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£735.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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: 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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £735,704
Net assets shrinking
Down £451,173 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£233
Net Worth
£736k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£237k£475k£712k£950k£1.2mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.51M£1.72M
Cash£233
Net assets£735.7k£1.19M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2023-11-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-02-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2021-08-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUSTER JIMMY GRYPHON LTD
  10. 2021-08-10
    WRIGHT, Michael Gordon appointed
    director
  11. 2021-08-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Buster Jimmy Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Buster Jimmy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BUSTER JIMMY GRYPHON LTD
This company · 13557912

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Buster Jimmy Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/08/2021

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

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

47a Queen Street
Derby
DE1 3DE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WRIGHT, Michael Gordon
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-08-10
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-10