B2E LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06679102 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-21

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-30	2024-08-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-07-14
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accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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2024-06-11
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accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2021-05-18
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accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-05-29
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accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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officers · TM01
2019-12-23
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officers · TM01
2019-12-12
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CONYBEARE, Glen Ellis resigned
director
2019-12-12
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SHARP, Ian Dale resigned
director
2019-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-10
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address · AD03
2018-01-09
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2017-07-17
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accounts · AA
2011-11-01
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CONYBEARE, Glen Ellis appointed
director
2011-11-01
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SHARP, Ian Dale appointed
director
2008-08-21
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Company incorporated
As B2E LIMITED
2008-08-21
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MOULD, Brian Howard appointed
director
2008-08-21
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WILSON, Paul Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 18 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Richard Wilson Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Brian Howard Mould Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

23 Wharfedale Drive

Ilkley

West Yorkshire

LS29 8QB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last made up to: 2025-08-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MOULD, Brian Howard→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-08-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WILSON, Paul Richard→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-08-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CONYBEARE, Glen Ellis→

director · ~54y · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2019-12-12

Resigned

SHARP, Ian Dale→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2019-12-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-07-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-18

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2020-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-05-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2019-12-23