ALMONDBEECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04597426 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-21
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46150
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
61 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 £3,753

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£7k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.8k£3.8k
Current assets£7.3k£7.3k
Net assets£3.8k£3.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-06
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  2. 2024-07-12
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  3. 2023-07-05
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  4. 2022-06-07
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  5. 2022-01-23
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  6. 2021-01-22
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  7. 2019-12-05
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  8. 2018-07-26
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  9. 2018-01-22
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  10. 2016-12-15
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  11. 2016-01-06
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  12. 2015-11-24
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  13. 2015-01-07
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  14. 2014-11-24
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  15. 2014-01-30
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  16. 2003-01-14
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    MAGEE, Brendan Patrick Michael appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-01-14
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    MAGEE, Brendan Patrick Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2003-01-14
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    O'SULLIVAN, Michael Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2003-01-14
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-01-14
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 2002-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALMONDBEECH LIMITED
  22. 2002-11-21
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-11-21
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Almondbeech Holdings Nv is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Almondbeech Holdings Nv
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALMONDBEECH LIMITED
This company · 04597426

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Almondbeech Holdings Nv
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2002-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

34 Bower Mount Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 8AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAGEE, Brendan Patrick Michael→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-14
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Active
MAGEE, Brendan Patrick Michael→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-01-14
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, Michael Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-21 · resigned 2003-01-14
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-11-21 · resigned 2003-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
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2025-06-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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2023-11-24
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accounts · AA
2023-07-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
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accounts · AA
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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2020-11-10
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2019-12-05
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2019-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-03