BENTON WEATHERSTONE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02800978 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£603.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £603,693
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£382k
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£604k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£641k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£128k£256k£384k£513k£641kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£624.7k£598.4k
Current assets£640.7k£601.4k
Cash£382.0k£307.5k
Debtors£140.3k£164.1k
Net assets£603.7k£577.3k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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  2. 2025-11-26
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-04-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2022-12-13
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  8. 2022-02-02
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  9. 2022-01-27
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  10. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-07-06
    ➕
    FERRIGNO, John Alan appointed
    director
  17. 1999-04-30
    ➖
    HEWARD, Duncan Kenneth resigned
    director
  18. 1993-09-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Gavin Andrew Gordon appointed
    director
  19. 1993-09-01
    ➕
    HEWARD, Duncan Kenneth appointed
    director
  20. 1993-09-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Carol Ann resigned
    director
  21. 1993-09-01
    ➖
    SMITH, Gordon Victor resigned
    director
  22. 1993-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BENTON WEATHERSTONE LIMITED
  23. 1993-03-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-03-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-03-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-03-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  27. 1993-03-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Gordon Victor appointed
    director
  28. 1993-03-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-03-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Group structure

Benton Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Benton Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BENTON WEATHERSTONE LIMITED
This company · 02800978

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Benton Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Victor Smithceased 25/08/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Carol Ann Smithceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1993-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

53 Ferringham Lane
Ferring
Worthing
West Sussex
BN12 5NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SMITH, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERRIGNO, John Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Gavin Andrew Gordon→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-18 · resigned 1993-03-18
Resigned
HEWARD, Duncan Kenneth→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 1999-04-30
Resigned
SMITH, Carol Ann→
director · ~84y · appointed 1993-03-18 · resigned 1993-09-01
Resigned
SMITH, Gordon Victor→
director · ~92y · appointed 1993-03-18 · resigned 1993-09-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-03-18 · resigned 1993-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08