BEECHDEAN MANUFACTURING LTD

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04134384 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-02

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10520

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.8y

60/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £491,735

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£491.7k	—
Average employees	83	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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officers · CH03
2024-01-09
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officers · CH01
2023-07-20
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officers · CH01
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-23
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officers · AP01
2023-05-04
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mortgage · MR04
2023-05-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-05-01
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GRANT, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2023-05-01
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HOWARD, Nicholas appointed
director
2023-05-01
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HOWARD, Robert appointed
director
2022-12-15
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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accounts · AA
2021-04-07
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accounts · AA
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-15
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accounts · AA
2014-11-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD
2013-10-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD
2013-09-27
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WISE, Christopher John resigned
director
2004-07-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-01-02
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Company incorporated
As BEECHDEAN MANUFACTURING LTD
2001-01-02
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HOWARD, Susannah Helen appointed
secretary
2001-01-02
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HOWARD, Andrew John appointed
director
2001-01-02
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HOWARD, Susannah Helen appointed
director
2001-01-02
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2001-01-02
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-01-02
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WISE, Christopher John appointed
director
2001-01-02
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2001-01-02
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew John Howard Individual · English · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/01/2017
Mrs Susannah Helen Howard Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-01-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Old House Farm

Speen Road, North Dean

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP14 4NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02