BECKFORD GROUP LTD.

🌳Matureactive

06879529 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-16

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£948.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56302Public houses and bars
70100Activities of head offices
70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £948,220

Cash YoY

+194%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£707k

↑ 194% YoY

Net Worth

£948k

↑ 9.6% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£706.5k	£240.0k
Net assets	£948.2k	£865.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 resolution
• 1 incorporation
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 resolution
• 1 incorporation
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
📄
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-18
📄
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-18
📄
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
📄
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-07-28
📄
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-07-16
📄
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2020-10-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
📄
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-03-11
✏️
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2019-12-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
📄
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-09
🔒
Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-07-02
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-11-23
➕
GREENLEES, Matthew James appointed
director
2010-06-21
➖
BLATCHFORD, Mark Phillip resigned
director
2009-10-02
➕
JONES, Nicholas Keith Arthur appointed
director
2009-06-26
➕
BRACKENBURY, Jonathan Gedge appointed
director
2009-04-16
🏢
Company incorporated
As BECKFORD GROUP LTD.
2009-04-16
➕
BROD, Daniel Richard appointed
secretary
2009-04-16
➕
BROD, Daniel Richard appointed
director
2009-04-16
➕
LUXTON, Charles Varley appointed
director
2009-04-16
➕
BLATCHFORD, Mark Phillip appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Charles Varley Luxton Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	16/04/2016
Mr Daniel Richard Brod Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · SP postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
27HILMI MALBOROUGH LTD→ 13913257 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
4 HIGH SPIRITS LTD→ 16427774 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
APC HOLIDAYS LTD→ 11806804 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AVON FARM MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 04701027 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
BARFORD25BKW LTD→ 16462802 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BATTLE-GIBBS EDUCATION SERVICES LTD→ 14016225 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
BAY VIEW CAFE LIMITED→ 06875526 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
BD PUB CO LTD→ 16529412 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BEAR WITH US EVENTS LTD→ 16246211 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
BEATONS TEAROOMS (TISBURY) LTD→ 10347317 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
BEDIIDE AFRICAN & CARIBBEAN FOOD LTD→ 13500044 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
BEERTAP INNS LTD.→ 11939369 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-04-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Beckford Arms Fonthill Gifford

Tisbury

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP3 6PX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16