AESF BISHOP II L.P.

💤Zombieactive

SL033650 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2019-03-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

61/100

Worth a look

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Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (41/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

No officers data

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

61/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-04-03
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-04-02
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-03-31
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-04-04
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-04-16
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-03-27
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confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-01-20
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legacy
incorporation · LP6
2020-01-20
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legacy
incorporation · LP6
2020-01-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2020-01-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2020-01-16
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2020-01-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2019-04-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2019-04-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2019-04-15
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legacy
incorporation · LP6
2019-03-27
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legacy
incorporation · LP6
2019-03-21
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Company incorporated
As AESF BISHOP II L.P.
2019-03-21
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registration-of-a-limited-partnership
incorporation · LP5(S)

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·

No active directors on record

high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Group structure

Aesf Vi Verdi L.P. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Aesf Vi Verdi L.P.

Corporate parent

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AESF BISHOP II L.P.

This company · SL033650

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aesf Vi Verdi L.P. Corporate entity	—	—	control reported	15/11/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Aesf Vi L.P.ceased 15/11/2019· control reported
Asf Founder Partner (Scots) Limiteceased 29/03/2019· control reported
Asf General Partner (Scots) Limitedceased 21/03/2019· significant influence

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

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AEROKRAT LP→ SL032093 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
AESF MOORE, L.P.→ SL032351 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
AESF MOZART, L.P.→ SL027310 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AESF V B TREASURY L.P.→ SL018432 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typelimited-partnership

Incorporated2019-03-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC—

Registered office

50 Lothian Road

Festival Square

Edinburgh

EH3 9WJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last: 2026-03-20