BETHSHAN NURSING HOME LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06880661 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£27.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £26,991
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
Net Worth
£27k
Current Assets
£64k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £91.4k | — |
| Current assets | £64.3k | — |
| Cash | £17.1k | — |
| Debtors | £43.6k | — |
| Net assets | £27.0k | — |
| Average employees | — | 5400 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-13➖HODGSON, Naomi resigneddirector
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-17➕HODGSON, Naomi appointeddirector
- 2020-06-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-16➕DITCHBURN, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2020-06-16➕WARD, Rachel Vera appointeddirector
- 2020-06-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-03-28➖DITCHBURN, David Thomas resigneddirector
- 2010-04-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BETHSHAN NURSING HOME LIMITED
- 2009-04-17➕DITCHBURN, Joy Vera appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-17➕DITCHBURN, Joy Vera appointeddirector
- 2009-04-17➕DITCHBURN, David Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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
cleanNo 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 David Thomas Ditchburn Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/01/2019 |
Mrs Joy Vera Ditchburn Individual · English · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Thomas Ditchburnceased 28/03/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities
Registered office
Carleton House
136 Gray Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2LU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
DITCHBURN, Joy Vera→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-04-17
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DITCHBURN, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-06-16
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DITCHBURN, Joy Vera→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2009-04-17
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WARD, Rachel Vera→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-06-16
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DITCHBURN, David Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2009-04-17 · resigned 2018-03-28
HODGSON, Naomi→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-06-17 · resigned 2023-06-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 27/04/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15