BEEHIVE LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00108214 · ltd · incorporated 1910-03-17

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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2024-10-21
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2023-07-28
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accounts · AA
2022-11-22
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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address · AD01
2019-11-04
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officers · CH01
2019-11-04
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officers · CH01
2019-11-04
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officers · CH03
2019-10-25
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accounts · AA
2018-10-11
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accounts · AA
2017-08-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-05
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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2007-09-02
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MOORE, Marjorie Hazel resigned
director
2004-03-01
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MOORE, Alison Jane appointed
director
2004-01-07
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BROWNE, Harold resigned
director
1995-09-06
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MOORE, Marjorie Hazel appointed
director
1993-07-04
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BROWNE, Charles resigned
secretary
1993-07-04
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BROWNE, Charles resigned
director
1991-09-01
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MOORE, Bernard Harold appointed
director
1910-03-17
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Company incorporated
As BEEHIVE LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 116 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bernard Harold Moore Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	50–75%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1910-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68201 — Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate

Registered office

Milburn House

3 Oxford Street

Workington

Cumbria

CA14 2AL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-22

Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MOORE, Bernard Harold→

secretary

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Active

MOORE, Alison Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-03-01

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Active

MOORE, Bernard Harold→

director · ~68y · appointed 1991-09-01

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Active

BROWNE, Charles→

secretary · resigned 1993-07-04

Resigned

BROWNE, Charles→

director · ~111y · resigned 1993-07-04

Resigned

BROWNE, Harold→

director · ~112y · resigned 2004-01-07

Resigned

MOORE, Marjorie Hazel→

director · ~97y · appointed 1995-09-06 · resigned 2007-09-02

Resigned

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