BETAMINDES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05416073 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 40 | 4500 |
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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-01-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-08-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2005-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs BETAMINDES LIMITED
- 2005-04-06➕COWLEY, Dawne appointedsecretary
- 2005-04-06➕COWLEY, Dawne appointeddirector
- 2005-04-06➕COWLEY, Ian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Betamindes Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Betamindes Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BETAMINDES LIMITED
This company · 05416073
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Betamindes Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 19/01/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ian David Cowleyceased 19/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Dawne Vernice Cowleyceased 19/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated2005-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Registered office
1a Rope Lane
Wistaston
Crewe
Cheshire
CW2 6RB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
COWLEY, Dawne→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-04-06
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06