BECKFORD ARMS LTD
🌳Matureactive
06926870 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£156.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £156,261
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£54k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£156k
↑ 137% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £53.8k | £42.7k |
| Net assets | £156.3k | £65.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
5 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-06-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-07-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-11-04➖BRAMLEY BARS UK LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2010-06-21➖BLATCHFORD, Mark Phillip resigneddirector
- 2009-10-01➕JONES, Nicholas Keith Arthur appointeddirector
- 2009-07-01➕BLATCHFORD, Mark Phillip appointeddirector
- 2009-06-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Overstone Properties Limited
- 2009-06-08🏢Company incorporatedAs BECKFORD ARMS LTD
- 2009-06-08➕LUXTON, Charles Varley appointedsecretary
- 2009-06-08➕BROD, Daniel Richard appointeddirector
- 2009-06-08➕LUXTON, Charles Varley appointeddirector
- 2009-06-08➕BRAMLEY BARS UK LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +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 signalMultiple 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Beckford Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Beckford Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BECKFORD ARMS LTD
This company · 06926870
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beckford Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Charles Varley Luxton Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Dan Richard Brod Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 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.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-08
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: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
LUXTON, Charles Varley→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROD, Daniel Richard→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-06-08
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JONES, Nicholas Keith Arthur→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LUXTON, Charles Varley→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BLATCHFORD, Mark Phillip→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2010-06-21
BRAMLEY BARS UK LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2009-06-08 · resigned 2015-11-04
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/07/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Overstone Properties Overstone Properties Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 17/06/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08