FILBERTS BEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04546095 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-26
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46450
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47890SIC 47890
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-07-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2014-05-21
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    ROGERS, Mark Adam appointed
    director
  17. 2008-05-14
    ➕
    ROGERS, Philada Rose appointed
    director
  18. 2008-05-14
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    ROGERS, Mark Adam resigned
    director
  19. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    HOBBS, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-06-25
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-09-26
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    Company incorporated
    As FILBERTS BEES LIMITED
  22. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-09-26
    ➕
    ROGERS, Mark Adam appointed
    director
  24. 2002-09-26
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-09-26
    ➖
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Freya Rogers
Individual · English · DOB 08/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/05/2022
Philada Rose Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mark Adam Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450

Registered office

Unit 10 Melstock Farm
Higher Bockhampton
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 8QJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOBBS, Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Mark Adam→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Philada Rose→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2003-06-25
Resigned
ROGERS, Mark Adam→
director · ~44y · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2008-05-14
Resigned
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-10-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07