BELLE VUE RESTORATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05706121 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-10
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2006-02-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BELLE VUE RESTORATIONS LIMITED
- 2006-02-10➕GRADY, Peter John appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-10➕GRADY, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2006-02-10➕HANDBURY- MADIN, Edward Joseph Raleigh appointeddirector
- 2006-02-10➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-02-10➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Peter John Grady Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Edward Joseph Raleigh Handbury-Madin Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Nicola Kenyon Handbury-Madinceased 09/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
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
Incorporated2006-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture
Registered office
Belle Vue Restorations Green Lane, Upper Road
Meole Brace
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY3 9JH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
GRADY, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANDBURY- MADIN, Edward Joseph Raleigh→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2006-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-10 · resigned 2006-02-10
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Recent filings (55 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29