BELFREY ARTS TRUST LIMITED

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02329616 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1988-12-19

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£34.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of arts facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

50 officers (8 active, 50 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

146 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £34,423

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Net Worth

£34k

↑ 4.2% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 6.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£34.4k	£33.0k
Current assets	£16.0k	£15.1k
Cash	£14.8k	£14.4k
Debtors	£1.2k	£746
Net assets	£34.4k	£33.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (97 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2024-12-18
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2023-12-22
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2023-12-21
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2023-12-21
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officers · AP01
2022-12-15
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2022-09-12
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MASSEY, Sharon appointed
director
2022-09-12
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SNOCKEN, John appointed
director
2021-12-14
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2021-11-26
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2021-11-22
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AUSTIN, Ronald Keith resigned
director
2021-03-24
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2019-12-20
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2018-12-22
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2017-11-29
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2017-11-07
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officers · AP01
2017-11-07
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officers · AP01
2017-09-05
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officers · TM01
2017-06-26
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EGGERTON, Rasa appointed
director
2017-06-26
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MACLEAN, Joseph George appointed
director
2017-03-01
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FOSTER, Marianne Rosalind resigned
director
2017-01-08
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2016-04-20
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RILEY, Graham resigned
director
2014-01-13
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CROWSON, Timothy George resigned
director
2014-01-13
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HATCH, Michael resigned
director
2013-01-14
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PERKS, Irene resigned
director
2011-06-28
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HAUGE, Roger William resigned
director
2010-02-08
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SWEETLAND, John William appointed
secretary
2010-02-08
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SWEETLAND, John William appointed
director
2010-02-08
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PERRY, Margaret Ann resigned
secretary
2010-02-08
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PERRY, Margaret Ann resigned
director
2007-11-26
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JONES, Allan resigned
director
2007-09-10
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CROWSON, Timothy George appointed
director
2007-09-10
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HATCH, Michael appointed
director
2007-02-12
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WILSON, Iain Ronald resigned
director
2006-09-11
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HAUGE, Roger William appointed
director
2005-11-14
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FOSTER, Marianne Rosalind appointed
director
2004-02-09
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ALDRIDGE, Thomas Reginald resigned
director
2003-09-08
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DOCHERTY, Brian James resigned
secretary
2003-09-08
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PERRY, Margaret Ann appointed
secretary
2003-09-08
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BINNS, John Michael resigned
director
2003-09-08
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DOCHERTY, Brian James resigned
director
2003-09-08
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PERRY, Margaret Ann appointed
director
2003-08-16
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RILEY, Graham appointed
director
2003-01-13
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FOXALL, Jennifer resigned
director
2003-01-13
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SNELLING, Veronica resigned
director
2002-11-25
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BRIGHT, Colin resigned
director
2002-07-22
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DOCHERTY, Brian James appointed
secretary
2002-07-22
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FOSTER, Marianne Rosalind resigned
secretary
2002-07-22
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FOSTER, Marianne Rosalind resigned
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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1988-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90040 — Operation of arts facilities

Registered office

Belfrey Arts Centre

Princes Street

Wellington Telford

TF1 1JG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23