BRITISH BEEF COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03027480 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-28

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	—	£2
Current assets	—	£2
Debtors	—	£2
Net assets	—	£2
Average employees	0	—

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 (38 events)Click to expand

2025-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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MARTIN, Walter appointed
secretary
2023-12-21
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-29
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KEATING, Liam resigned
secretary
2022-09-29
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KEATING, Liam resigned
director
2022-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-31
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WALKER, Simon appointed
director
2020-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-11-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-11-19
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2018-11-13
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MCCHESNEY, Barry appointed
secretary
2018-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-15
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2017-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2005-09-30
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GILTINANE, Cornelius resigned
director
2001-03-16
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GROGAN, Robert appointed
director
2001-03-16
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HORGAN, John resigned
secretary
2001-03-16
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KEATING, Liam appointed
secretary
2001-03-16
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KEATING, Liam appointed
director
2001-03-16
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MCGREAL, Liam resigned
director
1996-01-02
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HORGAN, John appointed
director
1996-01-02
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HORGAN, John appointed
secretary
1996-01-02
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PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1996-01-02
➕
GILTINANE, Cornelius appointed
director
1996-01-02
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MCGREAL, Liam appointed
director
1996-01-02
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PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-01-02
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PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1995-02-28
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Company incorporated
As BRITISH BEEF COMPANY LIMITED
1995-02-28
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PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-02-28
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PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-02-28
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PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Kepak U.K. Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kepak U.K. Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BRITISH BEEF COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 03027480

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kepak U.K. Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

The Snackhouse St. Georges Park

Kirkham

Preston

PR4 2DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

MARTIN, Walter→

secretary · appointed 2023-12-21

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Active

MCCHESNEY, Barry→

secretary · appointed 2018-11-13

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Active

GROGAN, Robert→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-16

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Active

HORGAN, John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1996-01-02

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Active

WALKER, Simon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-12-31

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Active

HORGAN, John→

secretary · appointed 1996-01-02 · resigned 2001-03-16

Resigned

KEATING, Liam→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2022-09-29

Resigned

PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1996-01-02

Resigned

GILTINANE, Cornelius→

director · ~88y · appointed 1996-01-02 · resigned 2005-09-30

Resigned

KEATING, Liam→

director · ~57y · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2022-09-29

Resigned

MCGREAL, Liam→

director · ~69y · appointed 1996-01-02 · resigned 2001-03-16

Resigned

PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1996-01-02

Resigned

PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1996-01-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-13

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-10-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-15

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-01-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-12