BEN SAYER (WESTMORLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00859328 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees16001500

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-10
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-09
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    PATTINSON, Alan appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    PATTINSON, Neal appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-12-09
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-05
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  10. 2022-09-05
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  11. 2021-11-04
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    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2021-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2019-11-14
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  21. 1999-01-31
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    PATTINSON, Helen appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-01-30
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    CLOSE, Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-01-30
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    CLOSE, Mary resigned
    director
  24. 1993-04-25
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    PATTINSON, Muriel resigned
    director
  25. 1965-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BEN SAYER (WESTMORLAND) LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PATTINSON, Alan (same surname) appointed 2024-12-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 John Sayer Pattinson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Helen Pattinsonceased 17/11/2025· 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
Incorporated1965-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Castle Garage Castle Garage
Brough
Kirkby Stephen
Cumbria
CA17 4FA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

PATTINSON, Helen→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-31
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Active
PATTINSON, Alan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-12-09
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Active
PATTINSON, John Sayer→
director · ~71y
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Active
PATTINSON, Neal→
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-12-09
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Active
CLOSE, Mary→
secretary · resigned 1999-01-30
Resigned
CLOSE, Mary→
director · ~101y · resigned 1999-01-30
Resigned
PATTINSON, Muriel→
director · ~104y · resigned 1993-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-01