BEAMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03737151 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-22

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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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 24.0y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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mortgage · MR01
2024-03-22
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
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officers · TM01
2023-01-04
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address · AD01
2023-01-01
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WELLS, Emma resigned
director
2022-01-05
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accounts · AA
2021-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-12
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RUSSELL, Stephen Geoffrey resigned
director
2019-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-10
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officers · AP01
2017-11-10
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officers · AP01
2017-11-01
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KITCHING, Robert appointed
director
2017-11-01
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MCCARTHY, Marisa appointed
director
2017-11-01
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SMALL, Robert appointed
director
2017-11-01
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WELLS, Emma appointed
director
2017-01-17
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2016-12-15
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Charge satisfied #7
2016-12-15
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Charge satisfied #5
2016-08-05
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2016-07-13
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2016-07-11
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2016-07-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2012-01-31
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CLOUGH, Stewart John resigned
director
2011-07-21
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RUSSELL, Stephen Geoffrey appointed
director
2010-10-29
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CHAMBERS, Spencer Miles resigned
director
2010-03-22
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CLOUGH, Stewart John appointed
director
2008-04-30
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LONGHURST, Richard Nicholas resigned
director
2007-10-01
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CHAMBERS, Spencer Miles appointed
director
2006-12-01
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Rbs If Limited
2006-09-06
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Charge satisfied #4
2006-09-06
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Charge satisfied #3
2006-08-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2006-07-18
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-07-18
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-09-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2004-07-08
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WOOTTON, William James resigned
director
2004-06-22
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
2004-06-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
2004-06-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Eurofactor (UK) Limited
2004-03-23
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FARRINGTON, David John resigned
director
2002-05-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ups Capital Global Trade Finance (UK) LTD
2002-04-08
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RUSSELL, Robert Geoffrey appointed
secretary

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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 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

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

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Beams Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BEAMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · 03737151

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Beams Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

4a Bloors Lane

Rainham

Gillingham

ME8 7EG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18