BELMONTE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01485155 · ltd · incorporated 1980-03-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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
6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 45.5y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 45.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 800 |
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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-15🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2010-01-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2010-01-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2009-01-16🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Vernon Building Society
- 2002-11-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-11-22🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Vernon Building Society
- 1995-04-27➕WILLIAMS ROBERTSHAW, Elaine Joan appointedsecretary
- 1995-04-27➕WILLIAMS ROBERTSHAW, Elaine Joan appointeddirector
- 1995-03-31➖JOYCE, Michael Patrick resignedsecretary
- 1995-03-31➖JOYCE, Michael Patrick resigneddirector
- 1987-02-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1986-12-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Nationwide Building Society.
- 1981-02-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorkshire Bank Limited
- 1980-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BELMONTE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Desmond Sean Robertshaw Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/08/2016 |
Mrs Elaine Joan Williams Robertshaw Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
Unit 18 Haigh Park Haigh Avenue
Whitehall Industrial Estate
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 4QR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WILLIAMS ROBERTSHAW, Elaine Joan→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS ROBERTSHAW, Elaine Joan→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 1995-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOYCE, Michael Patrick→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-03-31
JOYCE, Michael Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1995-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Vernon Building Society | Legal charge | 1 property | 16/01/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/11/2002 | — | |
| satisfied | Vernon Building Society | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/11/2002 | 15/01/2010 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 26/02/1987 | — | |
| satisfied | Nationwide Nationwide Building Society. | Legal charge | 1 property | 08/12/1986 | 15/01/2010 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 09/02/1981 | 15/01/2010 |
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Recent filings (97 total)
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2023-12-14
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2021-11-01
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2021-08-31
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2021-02-25
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2020-09-04
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2019-11-30
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2019-09-02
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