BEYOND LOCAL LTD

🌳Matureactive
05982671 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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  2. 2026-05-05
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  3. 2026-05-05
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  4. 2025-08-21
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  5. 2025-03-06
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  6. 2025-03-05
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  7. 2025-03-05
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  8. 2024-03-15
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  9. 2023-01-13
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  10. 2022-07-20
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  11. 2022-05-06
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  12. 2021-06-16
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  13. 2020-12-01
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  14. 2020-12-01
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  15. 2020-12-01
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  16. 2020-06-08
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  17. 2019-06-19
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  18. 2019-01-21
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  19. 2014-01-01
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    COOPER, Nina appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-20
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    TAXASSIST ACCOUNTANTS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-06-01
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    TAXASSIST ACCOUNTANTS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-05-31
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    DUERDEN, Charlotte resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BEYOND LOCAL LTD
  24. 2006-10-30
    ➕
    DUERDEN, Mark David appointed
    director
  25. 2006-10-30
    ➕
    DUERDEN, Charlotte appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
Ms Nina Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark David Duerdenceased 01/05/2026· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Office 1 57-58 Broad Street
Lyme Regis
DT7 3QF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COOPER, Nina→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUERDEN, Mark David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUERDEN, Charlotte→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-05-31
Resigned
TAXASSIST ACCOUNTANTS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2009-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-06