BEDERN COURT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02111954 · ltd · incorporated 1987-03-18
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£22.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
29 officers (4 active, 29 linked, 24 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
146 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £22,811
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Net Worth
£23k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£22.8k£22.1k
Current assets£33.9k£37.1k
Cash£33.9k£37.1k
Net assets£22.8k£22.1k

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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Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-25
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  2. 2024-09-28
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  3. 2024-07-16
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  4. 2024-07-15
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    WELCH, Susan Dorothy resigned
    director
  5. 2023-09-28
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  6. 2023-09-26
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    KIRBY, Thomas Stephen Lockwood resigned
    director
  7. 2023-06-30
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  8. 2022-09-20
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  9. 2022-09-06
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    PRITCHARD, Matthew Stuckey resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2021-11-05
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  12. 2021-07-30
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  13. 2021-07-30
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  14. 2021-06-22
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  15. 2021-06-01
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  16. 2021-05-21
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  17. 2021-04-14
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  18. 2021-04-08
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  19. 2021-04-02
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    WILLIS, Richard Thomas appointed
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  20. 2021-04-01
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  21. 2021-03-31
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    BOYLE, Peter John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-10-08
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  23. 2020-10-02
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    PRITCHARD, Matthew Stuckey appointed
    director
  24. 2020-01-31
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  25. 2020-01-30
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  26. 2020-01-17
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    WARD, Steven William appointed
    director
  27. 2020-01-17
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    WESSON, Bibi Constance appointed
    director
  28. 2020-01-17
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    PRITCHARD, Matthew Stuckey resigned
    director
  29. 2019-10-01
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    BOYLE, Peter John appointed
    secretary
  30. 2019-10-01
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    DARWIN, Ron resigned
    secretary
  31. 2019-07-24
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    MCNAMARA, Andrew resigned
    director
  32. 2017-08-18
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    KINSMAN, Michael James resigned
    director
  33. 2017-01-07
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    MCNAMARA, Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 2016-06-15
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    MULLEY, Ronald Thomas resigned
    director
  35. 2015-08-01
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    BROWN, Patrick appointed
    director
  36. 2015-08-01
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    KIRBY, Thomas Stephen Lockwood appointed
    director
  37. 2015-08-01
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    KIRKMAN, John Norman resigned
    director
  38. 2015-08-01
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    KIRKMAN, Maria Elena resigned
    director
  39. 2014-09-01
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    MAYSON, Edward Crowther resigned
    director
  40. 2012-06-06
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    PRITCHARD, Matthew Stuckey appointed
    director
  41. 2010-06-01
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    KIDD, James Barnett resigned
    director
  42. 2010-06-01
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    MULLEY, Ronald Thomas appointed
    director
  43. 2009-06-01
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    KIRKMAN, John Norman appointed
    director
  44. 2009-06-01
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    KIRKMAN, Maria Elena appointed
    director
  45. 2009-04-24
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    EWBANK, Kenneth resigned
    director
  46. 2009-01-19
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    BURRILL, Harrison Peter resigned
    director
  47. 2008-09-01
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    WELCH, Susan Dorothy appointed
    director
  48. 2008-06-02
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    KINSMAN, Michael James appointed
    director
  49. 2008-06-02
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    RECORD, Eric Harold James resigned
    director
  50. 2007-01-05
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    DARWIN, Ron appointed
    secretary
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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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Canal Wharf Bondgate Green
Ripon
HG4 1AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (4 active · 25 resigned)

WILLIS, Richard Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-02
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Active
BROWN, Patrick→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-08-01
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Active
WARD, Steven William→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-01-17
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Active
WESSON, Bibi Constance→
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYLE, Peter John→
secretary · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2021-03-31
Resigned
DARWIN, Ron→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-05 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
HAMPSHIRE, Kate→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-02 · resigned 2007-01-05
Resigned
PEACOCK, John Barrie→
secretary · resigned 2003-06-02
Resigned
BURRILL, Harrison Peter→
director · ~102y · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2009-01-19
Resigned
CARR, Susannah→
director · ~110y · resigned 2000-03-03
Resigned
ELLIS, Thomas Unwin→
director · ~102y · resigned 2001-05-08
Resigned
EWBANK, Kenneth→
director · ~122y · appointed 2004-06-07 · resigned 2009-04-24
Resigned
HEALEY, Douglas King→
director · ~104y · resigned 2001-06-04
Resigned
JARRETT, Beechy Fay→
director · ~94y · resigned 1996-06-03
Resigned
KIDD, James Barnett→
director · ~98y · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
KINSMAN, Michael James→
director · ~87y · appointed 2008-06-02 · resigned 2017-08-18
Resigned
KIRBY, Thomas Stephen Lockwood→
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2023-09-26
Resigned
KIRKMAN, John Norman→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned
KIRKMAN, Maria Elena→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned
MAYSON, Edward Crowther→
director · ~89y · appointed 2002-06-10 · resigned 2014-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (146 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-30