BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SUPPORT & TUITION LTD

💤Zombieactive

04745171 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-25

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-21
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2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2024-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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officers · CH03
2018-12-06
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address · AD01
2018-12-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-05
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address · AD01
2018-09-06
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accounts · AA
2017-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-08-17
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accounts · AA
2009-04-24
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BEASLEY, Anne Marie resigned
director
2003-04-29
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2003-04-29
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2003-04-28
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THOMSON, Gordon Hounam appointed
secretary
2003-04-28
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THOMSON, Gordon Hounam appointed
director
2003-04-28
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BEASLEY, Anne Marie appointed
director
2003-04-25
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Company incorporated
As BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SUPPORT & TUITION LTD
2003-04-25
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2003-04-25
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Hounam Thomson Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-04-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Moorfield

Cotherstone

Barnard Castle

DL12 9PJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

THOMSON, Gordon Hounam→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-28

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Active

THOMSON, Gordon Hounam→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-04-28

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

BEASLEY, Anne Marie→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2009-04-24

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-25 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-21