BLACK MOUNTAINS SMOKERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03128086 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-20

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10120

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

10200SIC 10200
47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
47230SIC 47230

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	1000	1000

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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accounts · AA
2026-03-11
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officers · CH03
2026-02-04
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officers · AP01
2026-02-03
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ANDERSON, Martin Hume Caldicott appointed
secretary
2026-02-03
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WATKINS, Hannah Marie appointed
director
2026-02-03
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CARTHEW, Joanna Rachel resigned
secretary
2026-02-03
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-02-03
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officers · TM02
2026-02-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-02
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ANDERSON, Martin Hume Caldicot appointed
director
2026-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
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ANDERSON, Simon Hume Bevan appointed
director
2026-01-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-14
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annual-return · AR01
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2024-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
1995-11-20
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Company incorporated
As BLACK MOUNTAINS SMOKERY LIMITED
1995-11-20
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CARTHEW, Joanna Rachel appointed
director
1995-11-20
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CARTHEW, Jonathan Peter appointed
director
1995-11-20
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CARTHEW, Joanna Rachel appointed
secretary
1995-11-20
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
1995-11-20
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
1995-11-20
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-11-20
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ANDERSON, Simon Hume Bevan (same surname) appointed 2026-01-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Hume Bevan Anderson Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Jonathan Peter Carthewceased 02/02/2026· 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

Incorporated1995-11-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10120 — SIC 10120

Registered office

Longhouse Farm Penrhos

Raglan

Usk

NP15 2DE

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12