BEDFORD TRADE FRAMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04223607 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-25
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 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.8 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees11001300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    capital · RP04SH01
  3. 2025-02-18
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    capital · RP04SH01
  4. 2024-11-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-10-31
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-10-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-14
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-16
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    capital · SH08
  16. 2017-06-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2015-12-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2015-10-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2001-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BEDFORD TRADE FRAMES LIMITED
  20. 2001-05-25
    ➕
    JONES, Michelle Caroline appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-05-25
    ➕
    JONES, Michelle Caroline appointed
    director
  22. 2001-05-25
    ➕
    JONES, Paul David appointed
    director
  23. 2001-05-25
    ➕
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-05-25
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul David Jones
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Michelle Caroline Jones
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Goldington Road
Bedford
MK40 3JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JONES, Michelle Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-25
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Active
JONES, Michelle Caroline→
director · ~51y · appointed 2001-05-25
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Active
JONES, Paul David→
director · ~53y · appointed 2001-05-25
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Active
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-25 · resigned 2001-05-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property08/12/2015—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/10/2015—
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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-02-18
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-02-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20