DE BECHEVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05095647 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-05
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
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100).
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Refinance opportunity
13 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 20.5y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 13 | 900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-29➖BALDWIN, Christine Patricia resignedsecretary
- 2023-03-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-03-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-02-27🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2023-02-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-02-17🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-07-14🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2020-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-05🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2018-03-05🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2018-01-29🔒Charge registered #9Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-11-03🔒Charge registered #8Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-08-31🔒Charge registered #7Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-08-24🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2017-08-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-08-22🔒Charge registered #6Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-02-09➕WHITEHEAD DE BECHEVEL, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2009-01-28🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2006-08-03🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-11-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Carlsberg UK Limited
- 2005-11-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Carlsberg UK Limited
- 2005-11-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Carlsberg UK Limited
- 2004-04-05🏢Company incorporatedAs DE BECHEVEL LIMITED
- 2004-04-05➕DE BECHEVEL, Vance appointeddirector
- 2004-04-05➕BALDWIN, Christine Patricia appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
98/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DE BECHEVEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
6 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Vance De Bechevel Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
15 Collen Wen
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Anglesey
LL61 5QQ
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DE BECHEVEL, Vance→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2004-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITEHEAD DE BECHEVEL, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2016-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BALDWIN, Christine Patricia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-04-05 · resigned 2023-03-29
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Mortgages & charges
13
Total charges
6
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:13 of 13 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/02/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | — | 26/06/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/06/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/06/2020 | 14/07/2021 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/01/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/11/2017 | 05/03/2018 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/08/2017 | 05/03/2018 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/08/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 28/01/2009 | 17/02/2023 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/08/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | Carlsberg UK Carlsberg UK Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 01/11/2005 | 24/08/2017 | |
| satisfied | Carlsberg UK Carlsberg UK Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2005 | 24/08/2017 | |
| satisfied | Carlsberg UK Carlsberg UK Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/2005 | 27/11/2008 |
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Recent filings (80 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30