BONK & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC064104 · ltd · incorporated 1978-02-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 48.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 48.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees182000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-12-10
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    BRICE, Reagan Matthew appointed
    director
  3. 2025-12-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-14
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  6. 2023-03-31
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  7. 2022-03-29
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  8. 2021-04-20
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  9. 2020-03-24
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  10. 2019-03-25
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  11. 2018-09-03
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  12. 2018-09-03
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  13. 2018-09-03
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-08-29
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  15. 2018-08-29
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  16. 2018-08-29
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-08-20
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    DOLBY, Emma Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2018-08-20
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    DOLBY, Emma Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2018-08-20
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    DOLBY, Deborah Marta resigned
    secretary
  20. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2011-03-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2011-03-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2010-12-01
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    DOLBY, Alexander Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2010-05-25
    ➖
    DOLBY, Douglas George resigned
    director
  25. 2002-12-09
    ➖
    DOLBY, Andrew William resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    DOLBY, Deborah Marta appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    DOLBY, Deborah Marta appointed
    director
  28. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    DOLBY, Douglas George appointed
    director
  29. 2001-01-01
    ➖
    DOLBY, William Berkeley resigned
    director
  30. 1994-03-10
    ➖
    DOLBY, Rosemary Amy resigned
    director
  31. 1992-11-08
    ➖
    ADAM, James resigned
    director
  32. 1988-09-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Eagle Star Insurance Company LTD
  33. 1978-05-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 1978-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BONK & CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Dolbyco Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dolbyco Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BONK & CO. LIMITED
This company · SC064104

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dolbyco Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Robert Dolby
Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest01/09/2017
Mr Andrew William Dolby
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 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
Incorporated1978-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

8 Harbour Road
Longman
Inverness
Highland
IV1 1SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (6 active · 6 resigned)

DOLBY, Emma Jane→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-20
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Active
BRICE, Reagan Matthew→
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-12-10
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Active
DOLBY, Alexander Robert→
director · ~38y · appointed 2010-12-01
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Active
DOLBY, Andrew William→
director · ~65y
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Active
DOLBY, Deborah Marta→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
DOLBY, Emma Jane→
director · ~35y · appointed 2018-08-20
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Active
DOLBY, Andrew William→
secretary · resigned 2002-12-09
Resigned
DOLBY, Deborah Marta→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2018-08-20
Resigned
ADAM, James→
director · ~95y · resigned 1992-11-08
Resigned
DOLBY, Douglas George→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-01 · resigned 2010-05-25
Resigned
DOLBY, Rosemary Amy→
director · ~85y · resigned 1994-03-10
Resigned
DOLBY, William Berkeley→
director · ~92y · resigned 2001-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Eagle Star Insurance Company
Eagle Star Insurance Company LTD
Standard security1 property16/09/198803/03/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/05/197816/03/2011

Recent filings (123 total)

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2026-03-31
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officers · AP01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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2024-10-24
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2024-03-14
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2023-10-21
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2023-03-31
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2022-10-11
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2022-03-29
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2021-10-13
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2021-04-20
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2020-10-04
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2020-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-06