BISHOPSOUND MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13797209 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-13
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-18.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26400
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 32200SIC 32200
- 77291Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
- 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,302
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£18k
↓ 212% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.8k | £-4.8k |
| Current assets | £56.8k | £39.0k |
| Net assets | £-18.3k | £-5.9k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-01-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Wedo Trade Finance LTD
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-12-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Wedo Trade Finance LTD
- 2022-03-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BISHOPSOUND MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN LIMITED
- 2021-12-13➕BISHOP, Andrew Henry appointeddirector
- 2021-12-13➕BISHOP, Victoria appointeddirector
- 2021-12-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BISHOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BISHOP, Victoria (same surname) appointed 2021-12-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Henry Bishop Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/12/2021 |
Mrs Victoria Bishop Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/12/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26400 — SIC 26400
Registered office
1 South Crescent
Ripon
HG4 1SN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BISHOP, Andrew Henry→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2021-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BISHOP, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Wedo Trade Finance Wedo Trade Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/01/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | Wedo Trade Finance Wedo Trade Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/12/2022 | 16/07/2025 |
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Recent filings (12 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-13