4 BENBOW STREET (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01858044 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1984-10-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-10
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    COX, Steven Phillip resigned
    director
  6. 2022-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-11
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    COX, Steven Phillip appointed
    director
  10. 2020-02-11
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    DANE, John resigned
    director
  11. 2020-02-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2009-06-05
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    HARDING, Sarah resigned
    director
  20. 2005-07-21
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    DANE, John appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-21
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    HARDING, Sarah appointed
    director
  22. 2003-07-30
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    MEGSON, Christopher Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2002-10-19
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    TILLER, Andrew resigned
    director
  24. 2000-04-22
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    MCCRACKEN, Paul Mercer appointed
    director
  25. 2000-01-16
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    WOODRUFF, Tracey Samantha resigned
    director
  26. 1994-02-16
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    MEGSON, Christopher Peter appointed
    director
  27. 1994-02-16
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    TILLER, Andrew appointed
    director
  28. 1992-05-12
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    WICKS, Paul David resigned
    director
  29. 1992-05-12
    ➕
    WOODRUFF, Tracey Samantha appointed
    director
  30. 1984-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 4 BENBOW STREET (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

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 Stephen Crowley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
—25–50%25-50% voting04/10/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1984-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

4 Benbow Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL2 1BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CROWLEY, Stephen→
secretary
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Active
CROWLEY, Stephen→
director · ~66y
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Active
MCCRACKEN, Paul Mercer→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-04-22
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Active
COX, Steven Phillip→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-02-11 · resigned 2022-01-10
Resigned
DANE, John→
director · ~91y · appointed 2005-07-21 · resigned 2020-02-11
Resigned
HARDING, Sarah→
director · ~45y · appointed 2004-11-21 · resigned 2009-06-05
Resigned
MEGSON, Christopher Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-02-16 · resigned 2003-07-30
Resigned
TILLER, Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 1994-02-16 · resigned 2002-10-19
Resigned
WICKS, Paul David→
director · ~64y · resigned 1992-05-12
Resigned
WOODRUFF, Tracey Samantha→
director · ~58y · appointed 1992-05-12 · resigned 2000-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-11