BERGEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06749374 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-14
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees900600

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

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-12-21
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-12-15
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    DEMIR, Patrick Liam appointed
    director
  9. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-28
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  12. 2019-08-09
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  13. 2018-05-18
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  14. 2018-05-18
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  15. 2018-05-18
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  16. 2017-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-02-12
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    DEMIR, Kadir appointed
    director
  18. 2010-02-12
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    LAWLOR, William Peter resigned
    director
  19. 2008-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BERGEN LIMITED
  20. 2008-11-14
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    CARTER, John appointed
    director
  21. 2008-11-14
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    CARTER, John resigned
    director
  22. 2008-11-14
    ➕
    LAWLOR, William Peter 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DEMIR, Patrick Liam (same surname) appointed 2022-12-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kadir Demir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control14/11/2016
Mr Patrick Liam Demir
Individual · British · DOB 10/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2022

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
Incorporated2008-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Room 108 Lord Warden House
Warden Square, Western Docks
Dover
Kent
CT17 9EA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DEMIR, Kadir→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-02-12
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Active
DEMIR, Patrick Liam→
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-11-14 · resigned 2008-11-14
Resigned
LAWLOR, William Peter→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-11-14 · resigned 2010-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2026-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-21
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officers · AP01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27