BRUCE KING JOINERY LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC300210 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£68

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £68

Very low cash

Cash position: £1

Cash draining

Cash down 99% YoY

Cash YoY

-99%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1

↓ 99% YoY

Net Worth

£68

↑ 1600% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 7.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£189	£1.8k
Current assets	£14.6k	£15.8k
Cash	£1	£130
Debtors	£14.6k	£15.6k
Net assets	£68	£4

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-10-14
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2008-02-15
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DEAN, Maureen appointed
secretary
2008-02-15
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KING, Bruce George appointed
director
2008-02-15
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KING, Jordan Richard resigned
secretary
2008-02-15
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DEAN, Maureen resigned
director
2006-04-04
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Company incorporated
As BRUCE KING JOINERY LTD.
2006-04-04
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DEAN, Maureen appointed
secretary
2006-04-04
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DEAN, Maureen resigned
secretary
2006-04-04
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KING, Jordan Richard appointed
secretary
2006-04-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-04-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-04-04
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DEAN, Maureen appointed
director
2006-04-04
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KING, Bruce George appointed
director
2006-04-04
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KING, Bruce George resigned
director
2006-04-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-04-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bruce George King Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

5 Provost Cordiner Road

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

AB41 9BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DEAN, Maureen→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-15

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Active

KING, Bruce George→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-02-15

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Active

DEAN, Maureen→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

KING, Jordan Richard→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2008-02-15

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

DEAN, Maureen→

director · ~88y · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2008-02-15

Resigned

KING, Bruce George→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

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