BIOENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07500427 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-20
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 2025
Net worth
£39.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
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 (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 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 £39,322
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£39k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £40.4k | £30.7k |
| Current assets | £43.7k | £34.3k |
| Net assets | £39.3k | £29.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2026-02-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-01-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-09-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-28➖GARDNER, Anthony Robert resigneddirector
- 2021-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2012-01-06➖KNEEN, Thomas Edward Rufus resigneddirector
- 2012-01-06➖MCINTOSH, Peter Graham resigneddirector
- 2011-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BIOENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2011-01-20➕MOORE, Brian John appointeddirector
- 2011-01-20➕MOORE, Helen Louise appointeddirector
- 2011-01-20➕GARDNER, Anthony Robert appointeddirector
- 2011-01-20➕KNEEN, Thomas Edward Rufus appointeddirector
- 2011-01-20➕MCINTOSH, Peter Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 15 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
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 69. 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 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Brian John Moore Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 01/01/2017 |
Mrs Helen Louise Moore Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/02/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
Incorporated2011-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
21 Knights Road
Chelston Business Park
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 9JH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MOORE, Brian John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2011-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOORE, Helen Louise→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2011-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARDNER, Anthony Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-01-20 · resigned 2021-02-28
KNEEN, Thomas Edward Rufus→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2011-01-20 · resigned 2012-01-06
MCINTOSH, Peter Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2011-01-20 · resigned 2012-01-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/03/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/01/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-13