B.E.C. BRITISH EDUCATION CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

07035043 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-30

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-03-23
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2024-08-15
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accounts · AA
2023-08-25
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accounts · AA
2022-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts · AA
2021-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-20
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address · AD01
2021-02-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-15
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officers · AP01
2021-02-15
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officers · TM01
2021-02-15
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officers · TM01
2021-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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CLARKE, Helen appointed
director
2020-12-31
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KRYVONOS, Kateryna resigned
director
2020-12-31
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PUZIKOVA-CLARKE, Olena resigned
director
2020-05-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-15
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KRYVONOS, Kateryna appointed
director
2014-09-01
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-09-30
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KYRYCHENKO, Kateryna resigned
director
2009-09-30
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Company incorporated
As B.E.C. BRITISH EDUCATION CENTRE LTD
2009-09-30
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CLARKE, Stephen appointed
director
2009-09-30
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-09-30
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KYRYCHENKO, Kateryna appointed
director
2009-09-30
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PUZIKOVA-CLARKE, Olena appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Helen Clarke Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/01/2021
Mr Stephen Charles Clarke Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2009-09-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

39 Belsyre Court Observatory Street

Oxford

OX2 6HU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CLARKE, Helen→

director · ~52y · appointed 2021-01-27

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Active

CLARKE, Stephen→

director · ~78y · appointed 2009-09-30

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Active

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2014-09-01

Resigned

KRYVONOS, Kateryna→

director · ~33y · appointed 2017-09-15 · resigned 2020-12-31

Resigned

KYRYCHENKO, Kateryna→

director · ~46y · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2010-09-30

Resigned

PUZIKOVA-CLARKE, Olena→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2020-12-31

Resigned

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