BEACON COMPUTERS (CUMBRIA) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04422124 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£36.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £36,580
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,216 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£37k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£23k£34k£46k£57kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£36.6k£47.8k
Current assets£46.4k£57.3k
Net assets£36.6k£47.8k

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

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-26
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  2. 2024-06-07
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-02
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  5. 2021-07-16
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  6. 2020-04-17
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  7. 2019-06-18
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  8. 2018-06-10
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  9. 2017-07-15
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  10. 2016-05-22
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  11. 2016-05-01
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  12. 2015-06-14
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  13. 2015-06-01
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    JACKSON, Alwin Roy appointed
    director
  14. 2015-06-01
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  15. 2015-04-25
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  16. 2015-04-25
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  17. 2002-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BEACON COMPUTERS (CUMBRIA) LIMITED
  18. 2002-04-22
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    JACKSON, Alwin Roy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-04-22
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    JACKSON, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-22
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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  21. 2002-04-22
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2002-04-22
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-04-22
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Michael Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

40 Netherend Road
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 8PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JACKSON, Alwin Roy→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-22
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Active
JACKSON, Alwin Roy→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-06-01
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Active
JACKSON, Kevin Michael→
director · ~45y · appointed 2002-04-22
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2025-05-26
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2025-04-26
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2024-06-07
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2024-04-29
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2023-06-30
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2023-04-22
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2022-06-02
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2022-05-04
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2021-07-16
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2021-04-30
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2020-04-26
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2020-04-17
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2019-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-27