BUSY BEES PATCHWORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04304813 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-15

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-14
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officers · TM01
2015-12-11
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FOWLER, Sandra Ann resigned
director
2015-12-10
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-15
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PAGET, Rebecca Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-04-15
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STUART, Ann Denise appointed
director
2014-04-01
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WARREN, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2014-04-01
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WARREN, Susan resigned
director
2010-01-01
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WARREN, Susan appointed
director
2001-10-15
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Company incorporated
As BUSY BEES PATCHWORK LIMITED
2001-10-15
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WARREN, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2001-10-15
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-15
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-15
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FOWLER, Sandra Ann appointed
director
2001-10-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Rebecca Elizabeth Paget Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/03/2026
Mrs Ann Denise Stuart Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Rebecca Elizabeth Pagetceased 26/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2001-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Duffryn Shopping Centre

Duffryn

Newport

Gwent

NP10 8TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

PAGET, Rebecca Elizabeth→

director · ~58y · appointed 2014-04-15

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Active

STUART, Ann Denise→

director · ~69y · appointed 2014-04-15

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Active

WARREN, Susan Ann→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2014-04-01

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2001-10-15

Resigned

FOWLER, Sandra Ann→

director · ~75y · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2015-12-11

Resigned

WARREN, Susan→

director · ~77y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2014-04-01

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2001-10-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-03-26

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-31