BONNIE BAGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC787801 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-01
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-5.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46160
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: 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: medium (71/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,788

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£6k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£-5.8k
Current assets£7.7k
Net assets£-5.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-13
    BUSBY, Alan resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-11-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-11-13
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-12-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-12-15
    OBERG, Michelle resigned
    director
  10. 2023-12-14
    DABEK, Mateusz Przemyslaw appointed
    director
  11. 2023-12-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-11-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2023-11-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2023-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BONNIE BAGS LTD
  15. 2023-11-01
    BUSBY, Alan appointed
    secretary
  16. 2023-11-01
    OBERG, Michelle appointed
    director
  17. 2023-11-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Michelle Oberg
Individual · American · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Patterson Busbyceased 13/11/2024· board control

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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
Incorporated2023-11-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

20 Montagu Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 5QR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DABEK, Mateusz Przemyslaw
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-12-14
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Active
BUSBY, Alan
secretary · appointed 2023-11-01 · resigned 2024-11-13
Resigned
OBERG, Michelle
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-11-01 · resigned 2023-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-01