BEECHDALE (MATLOCK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03579382 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-11
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45190SIC 45190
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-09-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-06-18
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    WATERFALL, Sandra Heidi appointed
    director
  15. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-02-05
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    WARMAN, Helen Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-05
    ➕
    WARMAN, Helen Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-05
    ➖
    WATERFALL, Sandra Heidi resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    WATERFALL, John Leslie resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-02-28
    ➕
    WATERFALL, Sandra Heidi appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    WOOD, Michael John resigned
    director
  24. 1998-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BEECHDALE (MATLOCK) LIMITED
  25. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    WATERFALL, John Leslie appointed
    director
  26. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    WATERFALL, John Leslie appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-06-11
    ➖
    EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    WOOD, Michael John appointed
    director
  30. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1998-06-11
    ➖
    EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Incorporated1998-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Charlie's Barn Back Lane
Darley Moor
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 5LP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WARMAN, Helen Jane→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-05
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Active
WARMAN, Helen Jane→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-02-05
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Active
WATERFALL, John Leslie→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-06-11
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Active
WATERFALL, Sandra Heidi→
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERFALL, John Leslie→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
WATERFALL, Sandra Heidi→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-28 · resigned 2009-02-05
Resigned
EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 1998-06-11
Resigned
WOOD, Michael John→
director · ~84y · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 1998-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-27