BEECH PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04555432 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-07
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees0-500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-10-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2018-10-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-11-01
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    GODDARD, Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2011-08-01
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    THOMAS, Louise Jane resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-07-31
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    THOMAS, Louise Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-07-31
    ➖
    WANSTALL, Ian Charles resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-07-31
    ➖
    WANSTALL, Ian Charles resigned
    director
  21. 2002-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BEECH PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  22. 2002-10-07
    ➕
    BIRCH, Simon John appointed
    director
  23. 2002-10-07
    ➕
    WANSTALL, Ian Charles appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-10-07
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    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-10-07
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    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-10-07
    ➕
    WANSTALL, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  27. 2002-10-07
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    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-10-07
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    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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 Simon John Birch
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2002-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

29 Such Close
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 1JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-06
Last: 2026-07-23

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BIRCH, Simon John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GODDARD, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Louise Jane→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-31 · resigned 2011-08-01
Resigned
WANSTALL, Ian Charles→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2006-07-31
Resigned
AT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2002-10-07
Resigned
WANSTALL, Ian Charles→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2006-07-31
Resigned
AT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2002-10-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16