BEP SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01387629 · ltd · incorporated 1978-09-07

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 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

7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 42.4y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 42.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	40	3900

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2025-11-05
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officers · CH01
2025-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
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officers · AP01
2021-07-14
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officers · AP01
2021-07-13
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ASPINALL, Garry appointed
director
2021-07-13
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PRINCE, Mark Bramley appointed
director
2021-06-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2021-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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mortgage · MR04
2021-05-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-05-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-04-26
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-24
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2020-12-02
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-12-02
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-31
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SMALLWOOD, Mark Vazgen resigned
director
2017-05-10
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Charge satisfied #5
2014-09-15
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MURRAY, Rosalind Sarah resigned
director
2014-07-07
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HYDE, Roger resigned
director
2014-01-31
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SMALLWOOD, Mark Vazgen appointed
director
2013-11-20
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HYDE, Roger appointed
director
2012-11-23
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MURRAY, Rosalind Sarah appointed
director
2012-10-29
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COASTER, Donald Stanley resigned
director
2012-10-19
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Charge registered #5
Lender: State Securities PLC
2008-04-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-04-02
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MCCLUSKY, Andrew appointed
director
2008-04-02
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COASTER, Donald Stanley appointed
director
2008-04-02
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WILLIAMS, John resigned
director
2008-04-02
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
1994-04-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Trade Indemnity-Heller Commercial Finance Limited
1984-02-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1984-02-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1978-09-07
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Company incorporated
As BEP SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

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

Bep Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bep Technologies Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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BEP SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

This company · 01387629

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
Bep Technologies Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1978-09-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

Bep Surface Technologies Ltd Eton Hill Road

Radcliffe

Manchester

M26 2XT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14