BUCK AND HARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC480684 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-24

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£-2.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 14190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £2,598

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£3k

↑ 84% YoY

Current Assets

£69

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-2.6k	£-16.2k
Current assets	£69	£61
Net assets	£-2.6k	£-16.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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2025-03-28
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2024-02-13
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2022-07-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
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address · AD01
2022-06-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
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officers · CH01
2021-08-24
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accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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2019-08-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-16
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accounts · AA
2017-07-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-09
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accounts · AA
2014-06-24
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Company incorporated
As BUCK AND HARE LIMITED
2014-06-24
➕
BAINBRIDGE, Emma appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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
Miss Emma Bainbridge Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/06/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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MCKINLAY & BLAIR LIMITED→ SC052147 · est 1973 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	53y	83	68y
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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

Incorporated2014-06-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

33 St. Ninian's Road

Paisley

PA2 6TP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BAINBRIDGE, Emma→

director · ~47y · appointed 2014-06-24

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-07-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-07-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-06-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-06-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-30