BIRKBEES GROUP LTD
🌳Matureactive
04593413 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 13.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £3,242,613
Cash YoY
+99%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£849k
↑ 99% YoY
Net Worth
£3.2m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.24M | £2.89M |
| Current assets | £1.46M | £1.15M |
| Cash | £849.0k | £426.4k |
| Debtors | £614.9k | £727.4k |
| Net assets | £3.24M | £2.89M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-partmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2019-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-03-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2002-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRKBEES GROUP LTD
- 2002-11-18➕FENTON, Tracey Jane appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-18➕FENTON, Maz appointeddirector
- 2002-11-18➕FENTON, Tracey Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. 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
cleanNo 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 Tracey Jane Fenton Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Maz Fenton Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
16a Portland Street Portland Street
Huddersfield
HD1 5PB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
FENTON, Tracey Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-11-18
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Active
FENTON, Tracey Jane→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2002-11-18
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/04/2013 | 24/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 28/03/2013 | 24/12/2019 | |
| part-satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 28/03/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-part
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-24