BACK 2 THE BEAT LTD

🌳Matureactive
06392090 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-10.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,418

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 112% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£10k-£7k-£4k-£898£2k£5kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-9.8k£-4.3k
Current assets£1.1k£5.4k
Net assets£-10.4k£-4.9k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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  3. 2024-07-29
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  4. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BACK 2 THE BEAT LTD
  17. 2007-10-08
    ➕
    TIMMS, Cathryn Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-08
    ➕
    TIMMS, Cathryn Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-08
    ➕
    TIMMS, Steven John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

64 Halstead Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 9AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TIMMS, Cathryn Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-08
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TIMMS, Cathryn Elizabeth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-10-08
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Active
TIMMS, Steven John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-10-08
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Active

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-31