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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 47.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.9 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
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
    accounts · AA
  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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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-08-29
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2018-08-29
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-08-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-08-20
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    DOLBY, Emma Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2018-08-20
    ➕
    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 25 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 25 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

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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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-06