LORDGRADE ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03724338 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£11.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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, 1 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

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,822

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,089 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£12.4k	£16.9k
Current assets	£6.0k	£52.7k
Net assets	£11.8k	£15.9k

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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-04
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2022-11-24
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2021-11-05
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2020-10-28
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2019-08-01
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2018-11-09
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2017-10-31
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2016-11-25
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capital · SH01
2016-11-09
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accounts · AA
2016-03-10
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2015-10-07
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2015-03-17
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1999-04-28
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BECKETT, James Michael appointed
director
1999-04-21
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BECKETT, George Vincent appointed
secretary
1999-04-21
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BECKETT, George Vincent appointed
director
1999-04-21
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BECKETT, Richard Anthony appointed
director
1999-04-21
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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1999-04-21
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
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1999-03-02
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Company incorporated
As LORDGRADE ESTATES LIMITED
1999-03-02
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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1999-03-02
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
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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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Vincent Beckett Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74	—	—	board controlboard control	02/03/2017
Mr James Michael Beckett Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80	—	—	board controlboard control	02/03/2017
Mr Richard Anthony Beckett Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76	—	—	board controlboard control	02/03/2017

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

Incorporated1999-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

10 Cliff Parade

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 2TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BECKETT, George Vincent→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-21

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BECKETT, George Vincent→

director · ~74y · appointed 1999-04-21

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BECKETT, James Michael→

director · ~80y · appointed 1999-04-28

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Active

BECKETT, Richard Anthony→

director · ~76y · appointed 1999-04-21

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Active

ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 1999-04-21

Resigned

ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 1999-04-21

Resigned

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