BEESONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01069258 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 33.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees252400

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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  2. 2024-07-19
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  3. 2024-01-19
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  4. 2022-12-27
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2021-04-20
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  7. 2019-06-26
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  8. 2019-01-24
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  9. 2018-02-27
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  10. 2016-06-25
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  11. 2015-12-31
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  12. 2015-06-26
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  13. 2015-01-02
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  14. 2014-07-09
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  15. 2014-04-11
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  16. 2009-10-05
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    BEESON, Edward resigned
    secretary
  17. 2009-10-05
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    BEESON, Frederick resigned
    director
  18. 2009-10-05
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    BEESON, Noreen resigned
    director
  19. 1997-06-30
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    BEESON, Angus appointed
    director
  20. 1997-06-30
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    BEESON, Edward appointed
    director
  21. 1997-06-30
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    BEESON, Frederick appointed
    director
  22. 1996-10-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 1996-09-02
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    BEESON, Edward appointed
    secretary
  24. 1996-09-02
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    BEESON, Noreen resigned
    secretary
  25. 1993-03-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1972-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BEESONS 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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BEESON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Charles Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Edward Beeson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Frederick Beeson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Angus Beeson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Bradeley Abattoir
Bradeley Hall Road,
Haslington, Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 5QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BEESON, Angus→
director · ~55y · appointed 1997-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEESON, Edward→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEESON, Frederick→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEESON, Edward→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-02 · resigned 2009-10-05
Resigned
BEESON, Noreen→
secretary · resigned 1996-09-02
Resigned
BEESON, Frederick→
director · ~94y · resigned 2009-10-05
Resigned
BEESON, Noreen→
director · ~92y · resigned 2009-10-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/03/199309/10/1996

Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-01-24