BENTO HOLDING UK LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC733828 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-27
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
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£15.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £15,897
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,148 YoY
Cash YoY
+70%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£117k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£42k£84k£126k£168k£210kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£15.9k£17.0k
Current assets£116.7k£209.8k
Cash£16.7k£9.8k
Debtors£100.0k£200.0k
Net assets£15.9k£17.0k

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
0
filings
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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
    ZHANG, Rou appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2023-08-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-08-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-01-27
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  12. 2023-01-25
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2023-01-25
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2023-01-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2023-01-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2022-12-15
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  17. 2022-12-15
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  18. 2022-12-15
    📄
    legacy
    capital · SH20
  19. 2022-12-15
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2022-12-15
    📄
    undefined · ANNOTATION
  21. 2022-11-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2022-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BENTO HOLDING UK LTD
  23. 2022-05-27
    LIU, Jiawei appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

Red flags

1 high ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2022-12-15: legacy

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jiawei Liu
Individual · Chinese · DOB 11/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/05/2022

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Campbell Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH12 6DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ZHANG, Rou
secretary · appointed 2024-03-15
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Active
LIU, Jiawei
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-05-27
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-27
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2023-01-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-01-25