BEAFORT ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
🌳Matureactive
05609262 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-06-28➖GOSS, Simon resigneddirector
- 2005-11-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BEAFORT ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
- 2005-11-01➕GORDON, Patricia appointedsecretary
- 2005-11-01➕GORDON, Patricia appointeddirector
- 2005-11-01➕HANCOCK, Gareth appointeddirector
- 2005-11-01➕GOSS, Simon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
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 68. 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gareth Hancock Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Miss Patricia Gordon Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
144 Beaufort Rd
St George
Bristol
BS5 8JE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
GORDON, Patricia→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2005-11-01
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HANCOCK, Gareth→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2005-11-01
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GOSS, Simon→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2013-06-28
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Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-01