BUNYAN & BELL JOINERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC299616 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27
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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees5300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2022-02-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2021-12-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2021-12-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-12-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2006-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BUNYAN & BELL JOINERS LIMITED
  19. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    BELL, Colin Ronald appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    BELL, Colin Ronald appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    BUNYAN, Simon Alfred William appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-27
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-03-27
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-03-27
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2006-03-27
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 "BELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Csbell Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Sawb Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BUNYAN & BELL JOINERS LIMITED
This company · SC299616

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Csbell Developments Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/09/2021
Sawb Developments Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/09/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Simon Alfred William Bunyanceased 09/09/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Colin Ronald Bellceased 09/09/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2006-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

12 Harleyburn Court
Melrose
Roxburghshire
TD6 9JQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BELL, Colin Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Colin Ronald→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUNYAN, Simon Alfred William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property22/05/2006—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-02-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-22