BEVLYN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03035086 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-20

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	1400	1400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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accounts · AA
2025-07-24
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mortgage · MR04
2025-07-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-03-06
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accounts · AA
2024-03-13
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accounts · AA
2023-04-12
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accounts · AA
2022-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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mortgage · MR01
2020-06-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
2020-03-25
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accounts · AA
2019-04-05
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accounts · AA
2018-04-13
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accounts · AA
2017-04-18
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accounts · AA
2016-05-04
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2016-05-04
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officers · CH01
2016-05-04
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officers · CH01
2012-11-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-12-16
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BELLAMY, Alan Brian resigned
director
2007-06-12
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BELLAMY, Alan Brian appointed
director
1997-10-01
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SPEARS, John Edward appointed
director
1997-10-01
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THOMAS, Nicholas Jamie appointed
director
1997-03-07
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DARBY, John Thomas resigned
director
1997-03-07
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HARMAN-SMITH, Beverley resigned
director
1996-02-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1995-03-30
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SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
nominee-director
1995-03-20
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Company incorporated
As BEVLYN LIMITED
1995-03-20
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THOMAS, Jacquelyn appointed
secretary
1995-03-20
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THOMAS, Jacquelyn appointed
director
1995-03-20
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THOMAS, Keith Melvin appointed
director
1995-03-20
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SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
nominee-secretary
1995-03-20
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SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
nominee-secretary
1995-03-20
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DARBY, John Thomas appointed
director
1995-03-20
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HARMAN-SMITH, Beverley appointed
director
1995-03-20
➕
SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-03-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Portway House

Stream Road

Kingswinford

West Midlands

DY6 9NT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

THOMAS, Jacquelyn→

secretary · appointed 1995-03-20

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Active

SPEARS, John Edward→

director · ~55y · appointed 1997-10-01

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Active

THOMAS, Jacquelyn→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-03-20

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Active

THOMAS, Keith Melvin→

director · ~77y · appointed 1995-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THOMAS, Nicholas Jamie→

director · ~51y · appointed 1997-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SCOTT, Stephen John→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-20 · resigned 1995-03-20

Resigned

BELLAMY, Alan Brian→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-06-12 · resigned 2009-12-16

Resigned

DARBY, John Thomas→

director · ~71y · appointed 1995-03-20 · resigned 1997-03-07

Resigned

HARMAN-SMITH, Beverley→

director · ~70y · appointed 1995-03-20 · resigned 1997-03-07

Resigned

SCOTT, Jacqueline→

nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 1995-03-20 · resigned 1995-03-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Co-operative Bank The Co-Operative Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	03/06/2020	24/07/2025
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	28/02/1996	17/11/2012

Recent filings (89 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-10

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-07-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-27

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

accounts · AA

2025-03-06

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-09

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

accounts · AA

2024-03-13

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

accounts · AA

2023-04-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-06

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

accounts · AA

2022-03-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-03

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

accounts · AA

2021-03-04

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mortgage · MR01

2020-06-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-04-01