BEAUX ARTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01188330 · ltd · incorporated 1974-10-24
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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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£1.45M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47781
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
119 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,450,356
Net assets shrinking
Down £356,761 YoY
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£911k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.45M | £1.81M |
| Current assets | £1.59M | £1.98M |
| Cash | £910.8k | £1.10M |
| Debtors | £90.3k | £101.3k |
| Net assets | £1.45M | £1.81M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01➕RAPER, Chantal Zara Antonia appointeddirector
- 2021-10-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-07➕SINGH, Louis Sebastian appointeddirector
- 2021-04-30➖SINGH, Anna Liza resigneddirector
- 2021-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-04-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-04-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-04-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-04-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-11-01➕SINGH, Anna Liza appointeddirector
- 1999-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1974-10-24🏢Company incorporatedAs BEAUX ARTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SINGH, Louis Sebastian (same surname) appointed 2021-10-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Patricia Winsome Singh Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Reginald Hubert Singh Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1974-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47781 — SIC 47781
Registered office
The Old Post Office
41-43 Market Place
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3HR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
Active
RAPER, Chantal Zara Antonia→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-12-01
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SINGH, Louis Sebastian→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-10-07
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Active
Active
SINGH, Anna Liza→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2000-11-01 · resigned 2021-04-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 26/11/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (119 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03