BELLA & DUKE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC547789 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-14

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.

Why now

Window opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 85
· Bankability: 80 → 75
· Live charges: 1 → 2

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85
↓Bankability: 80 → 75
↓Live charges: 1 → 2

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10920

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.3y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 2.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (10 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £65,376

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Profit before tax	£65.4k
Average employees	134

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 address
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 address
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2026-05-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2025-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-19
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-12
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HORNER, Robert Charles Kynaston appointed
director
2024-04-12
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STURROCK, James Graham appointed
director
2024-03-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-13
📄
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-01
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PATHER, Shalin appointed
director
2022-12-01
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MEAD, Matthew Sidney resigned
director
2022-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-07
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FARQUHAR, Peter Christopher Edward appointed
director
2021-05-25
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CLARKE, Graham Alan appointed
director
2021-05-25
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DOBBIE, William appointed
director
2021-05-25
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DORREN, Kevin Matthew resigned
director
2021-05-25
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HENSHAW, Joshua Newell resigned
director
2021-05-25
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MEAD, Matthew Sidney appointed
director
2020-03-04
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HENSHAW, Joshua Newell appointed
director
2019-02-01
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STEWART, Ana Cristina appointed
director
2018-05-11
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DORREN, Kevin Matthew appointed
director
2016-10-14
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Company incorporated
As BELLA & DUKE LIMITED
2016-10-14
➕
OTTLEY, Thomas Elliot appointed
director
2016-10-14
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SCOTT, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2016-10-14
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SCULLY, Michael Thomas appointed
director
2016-10-14
➕
THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-10-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

Arrol House

Viking Way

Rosyth

KY11 2UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30