BISHOPS WOODLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

14136582 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-27

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

12 officers (12 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

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 miscellaneous
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
📄
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-02-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-20
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-19
➕
CHALK, Carol appointed
director
2022-07-19
➕
CHALK, Timothy Eric appointed
director
2022-05-27
🏢
Company incorporated
As BISHOPS WOODLAND LTD
2022-05-27
➕
ASHWORTH, Gina Louise appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
DARTNALL, David William appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
DARTNALL, Yvonne appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
GALPIN, Debra Vivianne appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
GEORGE, Gary Stephen appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
GEORGE, Melanie Anne appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
KNIVETT, Karen Ruth appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
MOORE, Roger Charles appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
PONSFORD, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2022-05-27
➕
SANDERS, John Frederick appointed
director
2022-05-27
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Similar companies

Active · Holding company · TQ postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
BAY QUALITY INVESTMENT LTD→ 12045522 · est 2019	£392.1k £333.3k–£450.9k	—	£392.1k	—	6y	—	—
ALMA COURT (TAUNTON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 06659089 · est 2008	—	—	—	0	17y	—	—
BEDS (SW) 2023 LIMITED→ 15134063 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
BELVEDERE (PAIGNTON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 04919548 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
BISHOPS MEADOW (BISHOPSTEIGNTON) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 06031851 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
BKT HOLDINGS LTD→ 15857156 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
BON ELLA MEWS (TORQUAY) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 14673748 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
BONETTA MANAGEMENT LTD→ 12543912 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
BOUTIQUE UK PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 15135899 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
BOWRING PARK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 04814654 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
BRADBURY WARD HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 10561301 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
BRADLEY VALLEY (MANAGEMENT COMPANY NUMBER2) LIMITED→ 01792638 · est 1984 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	42y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

12 Bishops Close

Torquay

TQ1 2PL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14