BEVINGTONS & SONS LIMITED

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00475007 · ltd · incorporated 1949-11-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-09-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-13
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-27
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    HOWARD, David Crawford appointed
    secretary
  12. 2019-11-27
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    HOWARD, David Crawford appointed
    director
  13. 2019-11-27
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-11-27
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2019-11-27
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    officers · AP03
  16. 2019-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-10-01
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    HOWARD, William James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2019-10-01
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    HOWARD, William James resigned
    director
  19. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-09-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2018-09-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2018-09-10
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    HOWARD, William James appointed
    director
  23. 2018-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2016-06-30
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    HOWARD, William James resigned
    director
  25. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    ROWSELL, Christopher John resigned
    director
  26. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    ROWSELL, Georgina Margaret resigned
    director
  27. 1997-12-15
    ➕
    HOWARD, Susan Barbara appointed
    director
  28. 1997-12-15
    ➕
    ROWSELL, Georgina Margaret appointed
    director
  29. 1996-03-03
    ➖
    SMITH, Harold Royston resigned
    director
  30. 1949-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BEVINGTONS & SONS LIMITED

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 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.)

Group structure

Bevingtons Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bevingtons Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BEVINGTONS & SONS LIMITED
This company · 00475007

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bevingtons Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Christopher John Rowsellceased 30/06/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Susan Barbara Howardceased 30/06/2016· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1949-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

West Walk Building
110 Regent Road
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 7LT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HOWARD, David Crawford→
secretary · appointed 2019-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWARD, David Crawford→
director · ~77y · appointed 2019-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWARD, Susan Barbara→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWARD, William James→
secretary · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
HOWARD, William James→
director · ~82y · appointed 2018-09-10 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
HOWARD, William James→
director · ~82y · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
ROWSELL, Christopher John→
director · ~85y · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
ROWSELL, Georgina Margaret→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-12-15 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
SMITH, Harold Royston→
director · ~105y · resigned 1996-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25