BEAD & SHOTBLASTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03091849 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
89 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees900700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-07-05
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2021-07-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-05-28
    ➕
    BYWATER, David Martin appointed
    director
  11. 2021-05-28
    ➕
    WADSWORTH, David appointed
    director
  12. 2021-05-28
    ➖
    RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-05-28
    ➖
    RUSHWORTH, John Nigel resigned
    director
  14. 2021-05-28
    ➖
    RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale resigned
    director
  15. 2021-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-05-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-05-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2021-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2021-05-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  21. 2021-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2021-05-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2014-01-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 1996-11-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  27. 1995-08-17
    ➕
    RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-08-17
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-08-17
    ➕
    RUSHWORTH, John Nigel appointed
    director
  30. 1995-08-17
    ➕
    RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale appointed
    director
  31. 1995-08-17
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1995-08-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEAD & SHOTBLASTING LIMITED
  33. 1995-08-16
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-08-16
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Specialised Coatings Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Specialised Coatings Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BEAD & SHOTBLASTING LIMITED
This company · 03091849

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
Specialised Coatings Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/05/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Horley Green Chartered Accountants Ltdceased 14/07/2017· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
  • Mrs Marilyn Gale Rushworthceased 28/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr John Nigel Rushworthceased 28/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

Mile Cross Works, Gibbet Street, Halifax Mile Cross Works
Gibbet Street
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 4JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BYWATER, David Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADSWORTH, David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-17 · resigned 2021-05-28
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-16 · resigned 1995-08-17
Resigned
RUSHWORTH, John Nigel→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-08-17 · resigned 2021-05-28
Resigned
RUSHWORTH, Marilyn Gale→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-08-17 · resigned 2021-05-28
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-08-16 · resigned 1995-08-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property08/11/199608/01/2014

Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-28