BEECHDEAN DAIRIES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

02729439 · ltd · incorporated 1992-07-07

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10520

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £240,121

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£240.1k	£926.7k
Average employees	10	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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officers · CH01
2023-07-20
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officers · CH01
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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2023-05-01
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GRANT, Stephen Paul, Mr. appointed
director
2023-05-01
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HOWARD, Nicholas appointed
director
2023-05-01
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HOWARD, Robert appointed
director
2022-12-15
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accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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2021-04-07
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accounts · AA
2020-01-23
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2019-01-31
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2018-01-12
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2017-01-10
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2013-09-27
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HOWARD, Susannah Helen appointed
secretary
2013-09-27
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WISE, Christopher John resigned
secretary
2013-09-27
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WISE, Christopher John resigned
director
2011-04-30
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GAWTHORPE, James Mark resigned
director
2005-11-23
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GAWTHORPE, James Mark appointed
director
2003-05-01
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KENT, Benjamin Brownie resigned
director
2003-05-01
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KENT, James Howard resigned
director
1997-11-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1992-08-01
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HOWARD, Susannah Helen appointed
director
1992-08-01
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KENT, Benjamin Brownie appointed
director
1992-08-01
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KENT, James Howard appointed
director
1992-08-01
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WISE, Christopher John appointed
director
1992-07-07
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Company incorporated
As BEECHDEAN DAIRIES LIMITED
1992-07-07
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HOWARD, Andrew John appointed
director
1992-07-07
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CULLEN, Shirley Joy appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-07-07
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CULLEN, Shirley Joy resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-07-07
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WISE, Christopher John appointed
secretary
1992-07-07
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MCDONALD, Duncan appointed
nominee-director
1992-07-07
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MCDONALD, Duncan resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew John Howard Individual · English · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	07/07/2016
Mrs Susannah Helen Howard Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	07/07/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-07-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Old House Farm.

North Dean.

High Wycombe.

Bucks.

HP14 4NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07