A.E. BECKETT & SONS (ESPANOLA) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00865747 · ltd · incorporated 1965-12-06
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
87 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
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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

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-22
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    BECKETT, Adrian James appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-02-18
    ➖
    BECKETT, Alan Magrath resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-02-18
    ➖
    BECKETT, Alan Magrath resigned
    director
  9. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 1995-05-08
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    BECKETT, Simon appointed
    director
  20. 1995-04-07
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    BECKETT, Kenneth Gordon resigned
    director
  21. 1965-12-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.E. BECKETT & SONS (ESPANOLA) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BECKETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BECKETT, Adrian James (same surname) appointed 2024-05-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Beckett
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1965-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Heath Farm Alcester Road
Wythall
Birmingham
B47 6AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BECKETT, Adrian James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-05-22
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Active
BECKETT, Simon→
director · ~69y · appointed 1995-05-08
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Active
BECKETT, Alan Magrath→
secretary · resigned 2024-02-18
Resigned
BECKETT, Alan Magrath→
director · ~96y · resigned 2024-02-18
Resigned
BECKETT, Kenneth Gordon→
director · ~93y · resigned 1995-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05