BIRCH MEWS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07208144 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-30
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 11.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£67.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 11.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 £67,366
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,535 YoY
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£97k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Net Worth
£67k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↑ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £77.6k | £91.5k |
| Current assets | £102.3k | £55.6k |
| Cash | £96.8k | £93.9k |
| Debtors | £3.3k | £-40.0k |
| Net assets | £67.4k | £76.9k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 3 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2014-09-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2012-02-01➕STONES BOOK KEEPING SERVICES (SUSSEX) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2012-02-01➖STONE, Nicholas resignedsecretary
- 2010-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BIRCH MEWS LIMITED
- 2010-03-30➕BARTLETT, Robert Leslie appointeddirector
- 2010-03-30➕TURNER, Randy Ignatius appointeddirector
- 2010-03-30➕STONE, Nicholas appointedsecretary
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Robert Leslie Bartlett Individual · English · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Randy Ignatius Turner Individual · English · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2010-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
398 Coast Road
Pevensey Bay
East Sussex
BN24 6NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
STONES BOOK KEEPING SERVICES (SUSSEX) LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2012-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARTLETT, Robert Leslie→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, Randy Ignatius→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STONE, Nicholas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-03-30 · resigned 2012-02-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/10/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/09/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18