BEATPIXELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08486477 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26309
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2015-09-02
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    MACCAFFERTY, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-02
    ➖
    TAPONEN, Janne Petteri resigned
    director
  19. 2015-07-09
    ➖
    AHERN, Ralph Patrick resigned
    director
  20. 2015-07-09
    ➖
    BOOR, Christoher John resigned
    director
  21. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    TAPONEN, Janne Petteri appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    AHERN, Ralph Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    BOOR, Christoher John appointed
    director
  24. 2013-05-22
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Jason Carl appointed
    director
  25. 2013-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BEATPIXELS LIMITED
  26. 2013-04-12
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  27. 2013-04-12
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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 13 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Joseph Maccafferty
Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2021
Mr Jason Carl Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Joseph Maccaffertyceased 03/01/2019· 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
Incorporated2013-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26309 — SIC 26309

Registered office

2 Blackdown Grove
Oldham
OL8 3WH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MACCAFFERTY, Michael Joseph→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Jason Carl→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHERN, Ralph Patrick→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2015-07-09
Resigned
BOOR, Christoher John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2015-07-09
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-04-12 · resigned 2013-04-12
Resigned
TAPONEN, Janne Petteri→
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2015-09-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-16