BONDEVELOPMENTS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267324 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,353
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,281 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 221% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k£3k£13k£24k£35k£46kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-4.9k£10.7k
Current assets£38.3k£46.0k
Cash£32.0k£33.7k
Debtors£6.3k£12.3k
Net assets£-8.4k£6.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-05
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    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2017-08-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-08-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2004-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BONDEVELOPMENTS (UK) LIMITED
  18. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    BOND, Thomas William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    BOND, Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    BOND, Thomas William appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-05-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +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 "BOND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas William Bond
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/06/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

22 Backbrae Street
Kilsyth
Glasgow
G65 0NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOND, Thomas William→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
BOND, Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
BOND, Thomas William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-04 · resigned 2004-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-30