BECK RANDALL & CARPENTER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03179560 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-28
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 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 21.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-09-26📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-09-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-09-26📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-09-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-09-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-08➕CARPENTER, Rachel Anne appointeddirector
- 2023-02-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-06-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2018-10-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-11-07➖RANDALL, David Michael resignedsecretary
- 2010-11-07➖RANDALL, David Michael resigneddirector
- 2005-04-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-03-14➖BECK, Nigel Robin resigneddirector
- 1996-04-22➕CARPENTER, David Philip appointeddirector
- 1996-04-22➕RANDALL, David Michael appointedsecretary
- 1996-04-22➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-04-22➕BECK, Nigel Robin appointeddirector
- 1996-04-22➕RANDALL, David Michael appointeddirector
- 1996-04-22➖INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1996-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs BECK RANDALL & CARPENTER LIMITED
- 1996-03-28➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-03-28➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARPENTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Philip Carpenter Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 28/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
Suite 2 Healey House, Dene Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 2AA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
CARPENTER, David Philip→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 1996-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARPENTER, Rachel Anne→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RANDALL, David Michael→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 2010-11-07
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-28 · resigned 1996-04-22
BECK, Nigel Robin→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 2005-03-14
RANDALL, David Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1996-04-22 · resigned 2010-11-07
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-28 · resigned 1996-04-22
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/04/2005 | 26/10/2018 |
Recent filings (96 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-24
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-09-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-08