BEAFORD ARTS

🌳Matureactive

01485291 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1980-03-14

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 37.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation
90040Operation of arts facilities
91012Archives activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 37.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

68 officers (12 active, 68 linked, 61 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

212 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (134 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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2026-02-09
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officers · AP01
2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2025-11-18
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officers · TM01
2025-11-18
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officers · TM01
2025-11-11
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FEASEY, Sara appointed
director
2025-08-07
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address · AD01
2025-07-16
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YOUNG FRENCH, Rose appointed
director
2025-07-03
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THOMPSON, Hamish resigned
director
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-09-19
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2024-03-26
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LUCIANI-KANE, Susan Maria appointed
director
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-11-11
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JELLINGS, Anita Joy, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-19
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2023-10-19
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officers · CH01
2023-10-19
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officers · TM01
2023-05-16
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address · AD01
2023-01-07
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accounts · AA
2022-10-04
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BARNHAM, John appointed
director
2022-09-24
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DEVENISH, Catherine Grace resigned
director
2022-04-25
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2022-04-25
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2022-04-25
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2022-04-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-25
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2022-01-05
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accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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THOMPSON, Hamish appointed
director
2021-04-26
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VILLIERS, Peter John resigned
director
2021-02-09
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QUAYLE, Andrew appointed
director
2020-09-22
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JARVIS, Stephen Charles resigned
director
2020-09-22
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KINGSLEY, Debbie resigned
director
2020-09-22
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WIGHTMAN, Chris resigned
director
2020-03-24
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KELLY, Clare appointed
director
2020-03-24
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RAVILIOUS, Ella appointed
director
2020-03-23
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DEVENISH, Catherine Grace appointed
director
2018-11-06
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COBBETT, Jean resigned
director
2018-11-06
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PARKINSON, Alan Francis resigned
director
2017-11-06
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DALE, Christopher Thomas resigned
director
2016-12-01
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JACKSON, Mary Bernadette appointed
director
2016-12-01
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STANDING, Simon appointed
director
2016-12-01
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FISH, Robert resigned
director
2016-12-01
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KINGSLEY, Debbie appointed
director
2016-12-01
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NICOL, Elizabeth June resigned
director
2016-12-01
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PARKINSON, Alan Francis appointed
director
2016-12-01
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VILLIERS, Peter John appointed
director
2015-06-12
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FRASER SMITH, Brian Frank resigned
director
2014-10-14
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JELLINGS, Anita Joy, Dr appointed
director
2012-10-15
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LANGDON-DAVIES, Thomas Giles appointed
director
2012-10-15
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COBBETT, Jean appointed
director

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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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1980-03-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

95 High Street

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 1HR

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