BENFIELDS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04210471 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£43k-£34k-£26k-£17k-£8k£452Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets—£95.0k
Current assets—£452
Net assets—£-43.1k
Average employees2—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-06-24
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  4. 2023-06-22
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  5. 2022-06-27
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2020-06-30
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  8. 2019-06-25
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  9. 2018-06-29
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  10. 2017-05-18
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  11. 2016-05-16
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  12. 2015-08-20
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  13. 2015-06-02
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  14. 2015-05-26
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  15. 2011-02-12
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    EVANS, Stephen appointed
    director
  16. 2011-02-12
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    EVANS, Julia Margaret appointed
    secretary
  17. 2011-02-12
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    EVANS, Julia Margaret resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-12
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    EVANS, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-02-12
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    EVANS, Julia Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 2001-05-10
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    EVANS, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-05-10
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-05-10
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    EVANS, Julia Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2001-05-10
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BENFIELDS LIMITED
  25. 2001-05-03
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-05-03
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Evans
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

59 Lillywhite Crescent
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 5NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

EVANS, Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVANS, Julia Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-12 · resigned 2011-02-12
Resigned
EVANS, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-10 · resigned 2011-02-12
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-03 · resigned 2001-05-10
Resigned
EVANS, Julia Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-05-10 · resigned 2011-02-12
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-03 · resigned 2001-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-25