DAVIES AND BEGBIE LTD

💤Zombieactive
05612299 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-20
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  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-28
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    address · AD01
  8. 2019-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-02
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-06-30
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    DAVIES, Catherine Fiona resigned
    director
  12. 2017-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-30
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  14. 2015-12-30
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  15. 2015-11-11
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  16. 2015-11-11
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2005-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVIES AND BEGBIE LTD
  18. 2005-11-03
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    DAVIES, Catherine Fiona appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-03
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    DAVIES, Gareth John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-11-03
    ➕
    DAVIES, Catherine Fiona appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAVIES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gareth John Davies
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

67 Falsgrave Road
Scarborough
YO12 5EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Catherine Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-03
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Active
DAVIES, Gareth John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-11-03
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Active
DAVIES, Catherine Fiona→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-11-03 · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
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accounts · AA
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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2022-11-16
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2021-12-23
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2021-11-17
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accounts · AA
2021-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07
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address · AD01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18