BENSON SIGNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01194843 · ltd · incorporated 1974-12-24

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

25990SIC 25990
28990SIC 28990

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 43.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (8 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	—	£434.6k
Current assets	—	£1.22M
Cash	—	£166.0k
Debtors	—	£816.8k
Net assets	—	£388.9k
Average employees	40	—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-11-27
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LEARY, Kevin resigned
director
2025-10-24
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CONSTANTINE, Shaun appointed
director
2025-10-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-08-15
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KINSELLA, Suzanne appointed
director
2024-08-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-01
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WILLIAMS, Mark resigned
director
2023-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-11-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-10
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BIRHA, Harjit Kaur appointed
director
2022-10-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-10-06
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officers · AP01
2022-10-01
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LYNDON, Dominic Joel appointed
director
2022-10-01
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MOON, Jack appointed
director
2022-10-01
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MOON, James Elliott appointed
director
2022-10-01
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LEARY, Kevin appointed
director
2022-10-01
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WILLIAMS, Mark appointed
director
2022-09-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-15
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mortgage · MR01
2022-09-14
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mortgage · MR01
2022-09-12
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
2022-09-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
2022-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
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MOON, Susan appointed
secretary
2022-07-31
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BENSON, Christopher Robert resigned
director
2022-06-10
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MOON, Laurie Paul appointed
director
2022-06-10
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BENSON, Christopher Robert resigned
secretary
2022-06-10
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BENSON, Elaine Julia resigned
director
2017-02-16
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Charge satisfied #1
1997-10-22
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MACAULAY, Malcolm resigned
director
1997-02-21
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Charge satisfied #3
1997-02-21
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Charge satisfied #2
1989-02-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Liverpool City Council
1988-07-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1982-12-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1974-12-24
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Company incorporated
As BENSON SIGNS LIMITED

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Lpw Sign Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lpw Sign Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BENSON SIGNS LIMITED

This company · 01194843

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lpw Sign Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	26/02/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Hazlehurst Estates Limitedceased 26/02/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest
Mr Christopher Robert Bensonceased 19/10/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1974-12-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

96-98 Great Howard Street

Liverpool

Merseyside

L3 7AX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-09

Last: 2026-06-25