BERRYDATA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01588671 · ltd · incorporated 1981-10-01
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
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-10-22
    MEIER, Gregory Antony appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2002-06-02
    MEIER, George resigned
    director
  18. 1981-10-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BERRYDATA LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MEIER, Gregory Antony (same surname) appointed 2024-10-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Antony Robert Henderson Meier
Individual · British,German · DOB 08/1943 · age 83
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Antony Meier Europa House
Barcroft Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 5BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MEIER, Sheila Patricia
secretary
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Active
MEIER, Antony Robert Henderson
director · ~83y
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Active
MEIER, Gregory Antony
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-10-22
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Active
MEIER, George
director · ~113y · resigned 2002-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-17