BEACONSFIELD PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

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00348853 · ltd · incorporated 1939-01-26
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£741.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 88). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £741,572
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,113 YoY
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
£742k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£154k£309k£463k£617k£772kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£949.3k£942.7k
Current assets£65.1k£63.7k
Cash£57.9k£56.4k
Debtors£7.2k£7.3k
Net assets£741.6k£771.7k

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
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  2. 2026-04-23
    GOULD, Thelma Diana resigned
    director
  3. 2026-04-23
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  4. 2026-02-25
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  5. 2025-06-06
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  6. 2024-06-17
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  7. 2023-05-09
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  8. 2022-04-01
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  9. 2021-04-13
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  10. 2020-05-15
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  11. 2019-04-11
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  12. 2018-04-06
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  13. 2017-04-18
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  14. 2016-05-12
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  15. 2016-04-25
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  16. 2015-06-02
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  17. 2001-01-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 1991-08-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Leslie George Gould
  19. 1939-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BEACONSFIELD PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 87 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leslie George Gould
Individual · British · DOB 07/1938 · age 88
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Thelma Diana Gouldceased 27/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1939-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Lower Breach Farm
West Orchard
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 0LL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GOULD, Thelma Diana
secretary
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Active
GOULD, Leslie George
director · ~88y
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Active
GOULD, Thelma Diana
director · ~85y · resigned 2026-04-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Leslie George Gould
Legal charge1 property21/08/199120/01/2001

Recent filings (95 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-15