LAKEBEECH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
07021656 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-17
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 16.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46330SIC 46330
  • 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.6 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 (80/100)

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

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees57005800

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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  2. 2024-10-28
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  3. 2024-10-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
  4. 2024-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-14
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  6. 2022-08-11
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  7. 2021-08-18
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  8. 2020-10-27
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  9. 2019-08-29
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  10. 2018-09-04
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  11. 2017-08-31
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  12. 2016-08-18
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  13. 2015-10-12
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  14. 2015-08-27
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  15. 2014-10-06
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  16. 2009-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2009-09-29
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    MANFREDI, Andrea Elio appointed
    director
  18. 2009-09-29
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    MANFREDI, Ivano Luigi Andrea appointed
    director
  19. 2009-09-29
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    KELFORD, Robert Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2009-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As LAKEBEECH LTD.
  21. 2009-09-17
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    KELFORD, Robert Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrea Elio Manfredi
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mr Ivano Luigi Andrea Manfredi
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Cragg Road Works Cragg Road
Mytholmroyd
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 5HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MANFREDI, Andrea Elio→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
MANFREDI, Ivano Luigi Andrea→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-09-29
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Active
KELFORD, Robert Stephen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-09-17 · resigned 2009-09-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2
Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
A registered charge—18/10/2024—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property10/12/2009—
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-10