BEAVER AND TAPLEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07505865 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-26
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-09
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2026-03-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-11-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-08-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEAVER AND TAPLEY LIMITED
  18. 2011-01-26
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Jennifer Helen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-01-26
    ➕
    ARTHUR, Jennifer Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2011-01-26
    ➕
    DRURY, Clive Heygate appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clive Heygate Drury
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · BA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ARBORTECH PLANTING PRODUCTS LIMITED→
12477898 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
AVIATION MAINTENANCE GROUP LTD→
16593309 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
B. G. CARPENTER LIMITED→
04506133 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
BANG ON PRINTS LIMITED→
14481311 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BATH CENTRAL GARAGE LTD→
11982641 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
BATH STONE DIRECT LTD→
15177749 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BATH STOVES LTD→
13352962 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
BATHFORD JOINERY LIMITED→
13655692 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
BATSFORD TIMBER LIMITED→
02951019 · est 1994 · no financials extracted
————31y——
BEARCAT OPERATIONS LIMITED→
13152493 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
BEAUFORT MAINTENANCE LIMITED→
05381365 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
————21y——
BEECHCRAFT LIMITED→
01023029 · est 1971 · no financials extracted
————54y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Heygate House
71 Fore Street
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARTHUR, Jennifer Helen→
secretary · appointed 2011-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARTHUR, Jennifer Helen→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRURY, Clive Heygate→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (39 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08