BERONHILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04131585 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-28
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 13.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£172.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 13.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £172,867
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,620 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£173k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£37k£75k£112k£149k£186kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£172.9k£186.5k
Net assets£172.9k£186.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-08-20
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  3. 2023-09-25
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2021-10-15
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  6. 2020-12-23
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  7. 2019-09-16
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2017-09-25
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  10. 2016-09-27
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  11. 2016-02-02
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  12. 2015-09-14
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  13. 2015-01-19
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  14. 2014-09-26
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  15. 2014-01-03
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  16. 2013-06-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2013-06-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2013-06-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2007-02-22
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    SINGH, Mohinder appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-22
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    AUJLAY, Lukhvear Singh appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-22
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    SINGH, Gurmit resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-22
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    SINGH, Gurmit resigned
    director
  23. 2001-01-18
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    SINGH, Harjinder Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    SINGH, Gurmit appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-01-18
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    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-01-18
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    SINGH, Gurmit appointed
    director
  27. 2001-01-18
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BERONHILL LIMITED
  29. 2000-12-28
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-12-28
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    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

D & M Plating Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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D & M Plating Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BERONHILL LIMITED
This company · 04131585

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
D & M Plating Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-12-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Corner Of Lower Walsall Street &
Corser Street
Horseley Fields Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 2ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SINGH, Mohinder→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUJLAY, Lukhvear Singh→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGH, Harjinder Paul→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGH, Gurmit→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-18 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-28 · resigned 2001-01-18
Resigned
SINGH, Gurmit→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-01-18 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-28 · resigned 2001-01-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/06/2013—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/06/2013—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/06/2013—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
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accounts · AA
2025-09-24
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2025-01-29
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2024-08-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
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accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
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accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
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2021-10-15
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2021-02-15
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accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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2020-01-17
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-10