BEDFORD MODEL ENGINEERING SOCIETY

🌳Matureactive

04087828 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-10-11

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

31 officers (2 active, 31 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-11-03
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-01
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KING, Roderick resigned
secretary
2025-11-01
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KING, Roderick resigned
director
2025-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-04-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-08
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BROWN, Stephen resigned
director
2025-04-01
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CHAPMAN, Peter resigned
secretary
2025-04-01
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KING, Roderick appointed
secretary
2025-04-01
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CHAPMAN, Peter resigned
director
2025-04-01
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KING, Roderick appointed
director
2025-02-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-01
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WALTON, Brian appointed
director
2025-01-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-20
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GARDINER, Graham appointed
director
2025-01-20
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LAWSON, John resigned
director
2024-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-08
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CUSDEN, Martin resigned
director
2024-09-08
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LAWSON, John appointed
director
2023-07-22
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PETHYBRIDGE, Norman resigned
director
2023-07-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
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PETHYBRIDGE, Norman resigned
secretary
2023-03-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-28
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-12
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CHAPMAN, Peter appointed
secretary
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-07
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BROWN, Stephen appointed
director
2019-03-10
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BEARD, Alan Keith resigned
secretary
2019-03-10
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PETHYBRIDGE, Norman appointed
secretary
2019-03-10
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BEARD, Alan Keith resigned
director
2019-03-10
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CUSDEN, Martin appointed
director
2019-03-10
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PETHYBRIDGE, Norman appointed
director
2015-03-08
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WARREN, Andrew resigned
director
2015-01-01
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GILDERSLEVE, Alan Vernon resigned
director
2014-07-30
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O'HARE, Shaun Michael resigned
director
2014-03-10
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BOYDE, David Caine resigned
director
2014-03-10
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LAWSON, John resigned
director
2014-03-10
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MORRELL, Nigel Paul, Revd Canon resigned
director
2013-09-30
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BILLINGTON, Richard William resigned
director
2013-04-15
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CHAPMAN, Peter appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 82 events

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: KING, Roderick resigned 2025-11-01; KING, Roderick resigned 2025-11-01

🔒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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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2000-10-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Summerfield Barns High Road

Haynes

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK45 3BH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 29 resigned)

GARDINER, Graham→

director · ~62y · appointed 2025-01-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WALTON, Brian→

director · ~72y · appointed 2025-02-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEARD, Alan Keith→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-28 · resigned 2019-03-10

Resigned

CHAPMAN, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2023-03-12 · resigned 2025-04-01

Resigned

HEYS, Ian Graham→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2005-05-28

Resigned

KING, Roderick→

secretary · appointed 2025-04-01 · resigned 2025-11-01

Resigned

PETHYBRIDGE, Norman→

secretary · appointed 2019-03-10 · resigned 2023-03-28

Resigned

BEARD, Alan Keith→

director · ~89y · appointed 2005-05-28 · resigned 2019-03-10

Resigned

BILLINGTON, Richard William→

director · ~91y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2013-09-30

Resigned

BOYDE, David Caine→

director · ~86y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2014-03-10

Resigned

BROWN, Stephen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2021-03-07 · resigned 2025-04-08

Resigned

CHAPMAN, Peter→

director · ~76y · appointed 2013-04-15 · resigned 2025-04-01

Resigned

CRAWLEY, Sydney John→

director · ~101y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2002-05-01

Resigned

CUSDEN, Martin→

director · ~82y · appointed 2019-03-10 · resigned 2024-09-08

Resigned

DEAN, Ronald Arthur James→

director · ~100y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2001-03-01

Resigned

FREESTONE, Malcolm Denton→

director · ~92y · appointed 2006-05-27 · resigned 2008-02-25

Resigned

GILDERSLEVE, Alan Vernon→

director · ~76y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2015-01-01

Resigned

HEYS, Ian Graham→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2007-02-26

Resigned

HILLIER, David→

director · ~79y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2007-02-26

Resigned

JOLLIFFE, Edward John→

director · ~87y · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2010-02-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (120 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-03

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-11-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-21

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-12

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-04-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-10

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-04-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-01-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-01-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-10-02