BEVERLEY BUTCHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01163937 · ltd · incorporated 1974-03-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 52.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

01500SIC 01500

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 52.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 52.1 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Average employees	400	400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 miscellaneous

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 miscellaneous
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-12-04
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ROBSON, Harry Kenneth, Dr appointed
director
2019-12-04
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ROBSON, Jack Cornelis appointed
director
2019-12-04
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ROBSON, Thomas Peter appointed
director
2015-04-16
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ROBSON, Harry Kenneth appointed
secretary
2015-04-15
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LAWES, Mary Constance resigned
secretary
2015-04-15
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LAWES, Mary Constance resigned
director
2013-02-06
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LAWES, Kenneth resigned
director
2012-11-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-11-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-03-01
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ROBSON, Ian Peter appointed
director
1984-05-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1974-06-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1974-03-21
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Company incorporated
As BEVERLEY BUTCHERS 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Harry Kenneth Robson Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/10/2023
Mr Thomas Peter Robson Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/10/2023
Mr Jack Cornelis Robson Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/10/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Peter Robsonceased 25/10/2023· significant influence

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

Incorporated1974-03-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Kingfisher Court Plaxton Bridge Road

Woodmansey

Beverley

HU17 0RT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31