AT THE BENCH LTD

🌳Matureactive
07553754 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-07
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-01-03
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    BERRY, Louise Deborah appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-03
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    BERRY, Louise resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-01
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    BERRY, Louise appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-06-01
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-02
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    BERRY, Ceri Nicola resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-01-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2019-01-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2019-01-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2011-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AT THE BENCH LTD
  23. 2011-03-07
    ➕
    BERRY, Andrew Vincent appointed
    director
  24. 2011-03-07
    ➕
    BERRY, Ceri Nicola appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BERRY, Louise Deborah (same surname) appointed 2023-01-03. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Vincent Berry
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Ceri Nicola Berryceased 16/12/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-03-07
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC32120 — SIC 32120

Registered office

30 Bedwlwyn Road
Ystrad Mynach
Caerphilly Borough
CF82 7AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BERRY, Andrew Vincent→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-03-07
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Active
BERRY, Louise Deborah→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-01-03
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Active
BERRY, Ceri Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2019-01-02
Resigned
BERRY, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2023-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-10