BEAUMONT ASSOCIATES (NORTHUMBERLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive
06300966 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-03
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£16.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,095
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£16k
↑ 2117% YoY
Current Assets
£130k
↑ 169% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£26k£52k£78k£104k£130kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£16.1k£726
Current assets£130.0k£48.4k
Cash£37.2k£43.1k
Debtors£92.8k£5.3k
Net assets£16.1k£726

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-12-20
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  4. 2022-12-15
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  5. 2021-12-24
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  6. 2020-12-01
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  7. 2020-07-08
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  8. 2019-12-19
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  9. 2018-12-18
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  10. 2017-12-21
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  11. 2016-12-22
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  12. 2015-12-24
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  13. 2015-11-16
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  14. 2015-07-07
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  15. 2015-03-31
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  16. 2015-02-01
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    GREER, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
    director
  17. 2008-06-13
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    BEAUMONT, Patricia appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-06-13
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    LEA, Irene resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-06-13
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    GREER, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BEAUMONT ASSOCIATES (NORTHUMBERLAND) LTD.
  21. 2007-07-03
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    BEAUMONT, Patricia appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-03
    ➕
    LEA, Irene appointed
    secretary

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 "BEAUMONT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Patricia Beaumont
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
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
Incorporated2007-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ava Lodge
Castle Terrace
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1NP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BEAUMONT, Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-13
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Active
BEAUMONT, Patricia→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEA, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-03 · resigned 2008-06-13
Resigned
GREER, Margaret Elizabeth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-06-13 · resigned 2015-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2025-12-10
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2025-07-11
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2024-12-19
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2024-07-04
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2023-12-20
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2023-07-06
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2022-12-15
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2022-07-21
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2021-12-24
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2021-07-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
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officers · CH01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12