BEVIS NATHAN ASSOCIATES

🌳Matureactive
05733114 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2006-03-07
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 2020
Net worth
£90.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £90,491

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£90k
Current Assets
£93k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2020-03-31
Total assets£90.5k
Current assets£92.5k
Net assets£90.5k

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.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2020-03-11
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    address · AD01
  3. 2020-03-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2020-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2020-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2020-03-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2016-03-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  8. 2015-03-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  9. 2014-09-09
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2014-07-30
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    JENSEN, Christine appointed
    director
  11. 2014-07-30
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    NATHAN, Rosamund Hilary resigned
    director
  12. 2014-07-30
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2014-03-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2013-03-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2012-03-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2012-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2008-06-16
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    NATHAN, Bevis Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2007-09-01
    ➕
    NATHAN, Rosamund Hilary appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-30
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    NATHAN, Rachel resigned
    director
  21. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    NATHAN, Bevis Thomas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-20
    ➖
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    NATHAN, Rachel appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-20
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    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BEVIS NATHAN ASSOCIATES
  26. 2006-03-07
    ➕
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-03-07
    ➕
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +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 "NATHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

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 Bevis Nathan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2006-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

7 Upper Mount Pleasant
Freshford
Bath
BA2 7UG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2020-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

NATHAN, Bevis Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENSEN, Christine→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-07-30
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Active
NATHAN, Bevis Thomas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-07 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned
NATHAN, Rachel→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-03-20 · resigned 2007-08-30
Resigned
NATHAN, Rosamund Hilary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2014-07-30
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-07 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-02-27