BEDFORD PACKAGING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02750830 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£386.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.9 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: 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 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
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £386,287
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£207k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£386k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£569k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£120k£241k£361k£482k£602kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£424.4k£338.0k
Current assets£569.5k£602.0k
Cash£206.9k£164.2k
Debtors£280.1k£342.9k
Net assets£386.3k£303.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-07-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-08-02
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    SMITH, Suzanne Gwendoline resigned
    director
  15. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-05-11
    ➕
    DICK, Stuart Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-11
    ➕
    SMITH, Suzanne Gwendoline appointed
    director
  21. 1994-11-21
    ➕
    DICK, Robert appointed
    secretary
  22. 1994-11-21
    ➖
    DICK, Josephine Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 1994-11-21
    ➖
    ROUGHSEDGE, Keith George resigned
    director
  24. 1993-07-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 1992-09-29
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1992-09-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEDFORD PACKAGING LIMITED
  27. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    DICK, Josephine Mary appointed
    director
  28. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    DICK, Josephine Mary appointed
    secretary
  29. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    ROUGHSEDGE, Keith George appointed
    director
  31. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1992-09-25
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 69. 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Dick
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Josephine Mary Dick
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 41 Burtonwood Industrial Centre Phipps Lane
Burtonwood
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 4HX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DICK, Robert→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-21
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Active
DICK, Josephine Mary→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-09-25
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Active
DICK, Stuart Joseph→
director · ~41y · appointed 2012-05-11
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Active
DICK, Josephine Mary→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1994-11-21
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-09-29
Resigned
ROUGHSEDGE, Keith George→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1994-11-21
Resigned
SMITH, Suzanne Gwendoline→
director · ~44y · appointed 2012-05-11 · resigned 2021-08-02
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-09-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property16/07/1993—
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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04