BEECHCRAFT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01023029 · ltd · incorporated 1971-09-03

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 43.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 43.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3200	3600

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

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

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-29
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BEECH, Norrie Ford resigned
director
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-30
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BRYANT, Nigel Jeffery resigned
director
2022-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-16
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2007-09-01
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PHILLIPS, Darren Louis appointed
director
2007-09-01
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QUENNELL, Paula Jane appointed
director
2007-09-01
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BRYANT, Nigel Jeffery appointed
director
1983-03-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1971-09-03
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Company incorporated
As BEECHCRAFT LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEECH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Vivien Beech Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/11/2023
Mr David Hugh Beech Individual · British · DOB 08/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated1971-09-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Unit 27 Westfield Industrial,

Estate, Midsomer Norton

Bath

Avon

BA3 4BS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-15

Last: 2026-06-01