BETHANY HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04379121 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-21
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.7y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £1,835
Very low cash
Cash position: £10

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10
Net Worth
£2k
Current Assets
£45k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£8.7k—
Current assets£45.2k—
Cash£10—
Debtors£43.1k—
Net assets£1.8k—
Average employees—2800

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-13
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    HODGSON, Naomi resigned
    director
  6. 2023-06-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-17
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    HODGSON, Naomi appointed
    director
  14. 2020-06-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-06-16
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    DITCHBURN, Daniel appointed
    director
  16. 2020-06-16
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    WARD, Rachel Vera appointed
    director
  17. 2020-06-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-06-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2019-02-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2019-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2018-03-28
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    DITCHBURN, David Thomas resigned
    director
  24. 2014-03-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2010-04-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  26. 2010-03-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  27. 2009-04-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 2002-10-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2002-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BETHANY HOUSE LIMITED
  30. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    DITCHBURN, Joy Vera appointed
    secretary
  31. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    DITCHBURN, Joy Vera appointed
    director
  32. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2002-02-21
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    DITCHBURN, David Thomas appointed
    director
  35. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2002-02-21
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Thomas Ditchburn
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/01/2019
Mrs Joy Vera Ditchburn
Individual · English · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Thomas Ditchburnceased 28/03/2018· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Carleton House
136 Gray Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2LU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

DITCHBURN, Joy Vera→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-21
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Active
DITCHBURN, Daniel→
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-06-16
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Active
DITCHBURN, Joy Vera→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARD, Rachel Vera→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-21
Resigned
DITCHBURN, David Thomas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
HODGSON, Naomi→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-06-17 · resigned 2023-06-13
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/04/2010—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property07/04/200908/03/2014
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/10/200223/03/2010
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Recent filings (79 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21