A.C. BECK & SON (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01319370 · ltd · incorporated 1977-06-29
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 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 32.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
140 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 41 | 4300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01➕BECK, Luke Stephen appointeddirector
- 2021-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-08-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-02-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2014-05-16➖BECK, Robin John resignedsecretary
- 2014-05-16➖BECK, Robin John resigneddirector
- 2004-01-22🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2004-01-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-10-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2002-07-26➖BECK, Richard John resigneddirector
- 2000-11-01➖BECK, Margaret Anne resigneddirector
- 1998-08-01➖BECK, Margaret Anne resignedsecretary
- 1998-08-01➕BECK, Robin John appointedsecretary
- 1995-07-19➕BECK, Robin John appointeddirector
- 1993-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1977-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A.C. BECK & SON (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BECK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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.)
Group structure
A.C. Beck Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
A.C. Beck Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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A.C. BECK & SON (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
This company · 01319370
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A.C. Beck Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/03/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- A.C. Beck Holdings Limitedceased 22/03/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting
Registered office
Unit 5 The Metro Centre
Toutley Road
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 1QW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
BECK, Luke Stephen→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECK, Margaret Anne→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-08-01
BECK, Robin John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-08-01 · resigned 2014-05-16
BECK, Margaret Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2000-11-01
BECK, Richard John→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2002-07-26
BECK, Robin John→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1995-07-19 · resigned 2014-05-16
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/01/2004 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/10/2003 | 22/01/2004 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/11/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (140 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-01