BAINBRIDGE BIO LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14628519 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-31
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
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 2 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-04➕MCALEER, Jerome Francis, Dr appointeddirector
- 2025-09-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-08-19➖BIDINGER, Donald resigneddirector
- 2025-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-07📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-02-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-12📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-15➕BIDINGER, Sophia, Dr appointeddirector
- 2023-11-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-07➕BIDINGER, Donald appointeddirector
- 2023-08-07➖JAY, Nathan Victor resigneddirector
- 2023-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BAINBRIDGE BIO LTD
- 2023-01-31➕JAY, Nathan Victor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
Bainbridge Bio Inc. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bainbridge Bio Inc.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BAINBRIDGE BIO LTD
This company · 14628519
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bainbridge Bio Inc. Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 05/06/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Sophia Bidingerceased 05/06/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BARROWS BESPOKE BUILDS LTD→ 16074477 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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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
Incorporated2023-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110
Registered office
34 High Street
Aldridge
Walsall
West Midlands
WS9 8LZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BIDINGER, Sophia, Dr→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2023-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALEER, Jerome Francis, Dr→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2025-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BIDINGER, Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2023-08-07 · resigned 2025-08-19
JAY, Nathan Victor→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2023-01-31 · resigned 2023-08-07
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-05