BEEF IMPROVEMENT GROUPING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02848266 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-26

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£400.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

24 officers (7 active, 24 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

128 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £400,321

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,892 YoY

Cash YoY

+48%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£201k

↑ 48% YoY

Net Worth

£400k

↓ 4.0% YoY

Current Assets

£578k

↓ 3.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£400.3k	£417.2k
Current assets	£577.8k	£597.7k
Cash	£201.2k	£136.4k
Debtors	£306.2k	£268.3k
Net assets	£400.3k	£417.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2025-10-30
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2025-10-30
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2025-10-30
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2025-10-23
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officers · AP01
2025-10-22
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RYMER, Joshua Thomas Sykes appointed
director
2025-07-14
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accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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2025-03-19
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2025-03-19
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2025-03-10
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ROOK, Edward Webster appointed
director
2025-02-14
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ROOK, Robert Charles resigned
director
2024-10-09
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RYMER, Timothy Sykes resigned
director
2024-10-09
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officers · AP01
2024-10-09
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2024-10-08
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MIDDLETON, Michael Charles James, Lord appointed
director
2024-09-06
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accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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officers · TM01
2024-01-16
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FELL, Stephen Charles Rudston resigned
director
2023-09-25
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accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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2021-04-12
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2021-03-30
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PARRY, Richard Owen resigned
director
2021-03-02
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BURLING, Daniel Brian appointed
director
2021-03-02
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OKANE, William Patrick appointed
director
2021-03-02
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WATSON, Derek Thomas appointed
director
2021-03-02
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2021-03-02
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2021-03-02
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2021-02-03
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FULLER, Richard John resigned
secretary
2021-02-03
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FULLER, Richard John resigned
director
2021-02-03
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officers · TM02
2020-12-21
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FELL, Stephen Charles Rudston appointed
director
2020-10-16
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LORD MIDDLETON, Michael Charles James Willoughby, Lord resigned
director
2020-04-02
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HUGHES, Robin Malcolm resigned
director
2018-09-13
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ALVIS, David John resigned
director
2017-09-20
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ALVIS, David John appointed
director
2016-04-07
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FARNSWORTH, Patrick William resigned
director
2016-03-09
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PARRY, Richard Owen appointed
director
2015-03-23
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LEACHMAN, Leland Lemert appointed
director
2014-10-16
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FIELD, Raymond George resigned
director
2008-05-08
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FARNSWORTH, Patrick William appointed
director
2007-11-13
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BAKER, Nicholas John resigned
director
2004-07-13
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FIELD, Raymond George appointed
director
2003-11-04
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ROWLES NICHOLSON, Clifford Graham resigned
director
2003-11-04
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YOUNG, George resigned
director
1998-05-18
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BAKER, Nicholas John appointed
director
1998-05-18
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ROOK, Robert Charles appointed
director
1996-12-20
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RYMER, Timothy Sykes appointed
director
1996-07-17
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RYMER, John Sykes resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Jsr Farms Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Jsr Farms Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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BEEF IMPROVEMENT GROUPING LIMITED

This company · 02848266

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Edward Webster Rook Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/03/2025
Jsr Farms Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	09/10/2024
Lord Middleton Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Robert Charles Rookceased 14/02/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr Timothy Sykes Rymerceased 09/10/2024· 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

Incorporated1993-08-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Southburn Offices

Southburn

Driffield

East Yorkshire

YO25 9ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09