BEARSTONE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06378439 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-21
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
51 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 £100
Very low cash
Cash position: £80
Cash YoY
+515%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80
↑ 515% YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£135k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£27k£54k£81k£108k£135kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£135.4k£129.4k
Cash£80£13
Debtors£135.4k£129.4k
Net assets£100£100

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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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-05-19
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Paula Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2011-05-19
    ➖
    HOLDCROFT, Terence George resigned
    director
  18. 2007-09-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BEARSTONE SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine appointed
    director
  21. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-09-21
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Terence George appointed
    director
  24. 2007-09-21
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-09-21
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Miss Paula Louise Holdcroft
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2007-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Bearstone Stud
Bearstone Mill
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4HF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLDCROFT, Paula Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2007-09-21
Resigned
HOLDCROFT, Terence George→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2011-05-19
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2007-09-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-31