BECK ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02828062 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-17
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees8900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-03-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-06-18
    ➕
    DOWDING, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  18. 1993-06-18
    ➕
    DOWDING, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 1993-06-18
    ➕
    DOWDING, Andrew Peter appointed
    director
  20. 1993-06-18
    ➖
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1993-06-18
    ➖
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1993-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BECK ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  23. 1993-06-17
    ➕
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1993-06-17
    ➕
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Peter Dowding
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Jane Dowding
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

19/21 Swan Street
West Malling
Kent
ME19 6JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOWDING, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 1993-06-18
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Active
DOWDING, Andrew Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 1993-06-18
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Active
DOWDING, Susan Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-06-17 · resigned 1993-06-18
Resigned
APEX NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-06-17 · resigned 1993-06-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-06-25