BERETON ELECTRONICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02570525 · ltd · incorporated 1990-12-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-14.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £14,259

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£6k£3k£11k£20k£28kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-14.3k£-14.1k
Current assets£11.5k£28.4k
Net assets£-14.3k£-14.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-20
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2018-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-20
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-03-07
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2006-05-01
    ➕
    BERESFORD, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    COTTON, Joseph Gerald resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    COTTON, Joseph Gerald resigned
    director
  20. 1991-06-12
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 1990-12-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BERETON ELECTRONICS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Guy Beresford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Margaret Beresford
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · TF postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ALM ENGINEERING LTD→
14777859 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
AQUABLAST SYSTEMS LIMITED→
06728292 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
AQUILA ELECTRONICS LIMITED→
03885863 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
————26y——
ATE LAND SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
13153623 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
B.S.B. (SOUND) LIMITED→
05855632 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
————19y——
BALUFAB LTD→
14333278 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BAUROMAT (UK) LTD→
03328668 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
————29y——
BC ELECTRICAL & HOME LTD→
14497126 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BEMPS BLACK KINGS AND QUEENS LTD→
13514828 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
BEN WILLIAMS CARPENTRY AND JOINERY LTD→
14131655 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BESPOKE @ BERKO LTD→
12598564 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
BESPOKE CUSTOM FABRICATION LTD→
15762405 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

Unit 46 Business Development Centre
Stafford Park 4
Telford
TF3 3BA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BERESFORD, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERESFORD, Christopher Guy→
director · ~73y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COTTON, Joseph Gerald→
secretary · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
COTTON, Joseph Gerald→
director · ~89y · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/06/199107/03/2007

Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03