BETTAL QUALITY CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05033433 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-03

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£51.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,491

Net assets shrinking

Down £40,966 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£51k

↓ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£65k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£58.9k	£100.8k
Current assets	£64.6k	£128.0k
Net assets	£51.5k	£92.5k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 gazette

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 gazette

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-15
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capital · SH01
2017-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-22
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COOK, Stuart appointed
director
2017-06-22
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officers · AP01
2016-06-28
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accounts · AA
2016-02-26
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annual-return · AR01
2004-02-03
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Company incorporated
As BETTAL QUALITY CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2004-02-03
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COOK, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2004-02-03
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COOK, Albert appointed
director
2004-02-03
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COOK, Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-02-03
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-03
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-03
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-02-03
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Albert Cook Individual · British · DOB 09/1937 · age 89	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/02/2017
Mrs Elizabeth Cook Individual · British · DOB 12/1938 · age 88	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/02/2017

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

Incorporated2004-02-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Homestead

Tree Road Brampton

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA8 1UA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

COOK, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-03

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Active

COOK, Albert→

director · ~89y · appointed 2004-02-03

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Active

COOK, Elizabeth→

director · ~88y · appointed 2004-02-03

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Active

COOK, Stuart→

director · ~63y · appointed 2017-06-22

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2004-02-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-06-09

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-05-19