BEST FOR ENTERTAINMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
04907423 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£146.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
66 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 £146,869

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£105k
Net Worth
£147k
Current Assets
£148k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£59k£89k£118k£148kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£162.8k—
Current assets£147.6k—
Cash£105.4k—
Debtors£42.3k—
Net assets£146.9k—
Average employees—700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-04-16
    ➕
    DOWNES, Richard David Caractacus appointed
    director
  17. 2011-06-14
    ➖
    CLEMETT, Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Sean Franklyn appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-14
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Christopher Kieran appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-06
    ➕
    MCGOWAN, Christopher Kieran appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-06
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-10-06
    ➕
    CLEMETT, Jonathan appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-06
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BEST FOR ENTERTAINMENT LTD
  25. 2003-09-22
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-09-22
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard David Caractacus Downes
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2016
Mr Christopher Kieran Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Sean Franklyn Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Singleton Court Business Park
Wonastow Road Industrial Estate (West)
Monmouth
Gwent
NP25 5JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MCGOWAN, Christopher Kieran→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOWNES, Richard David Caractacus→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGOWAN, Christopher Kieran→
director · ~44y · appointed 2006-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGOWAN, Sean Franklyn→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-22 · resigned 2003-10-06
Resigned
CLEMETT, Jonathan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-10-06 · resigned 2011-06-14
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-22 · resigned 2003-10-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13