BEARSTONE STUD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09028785 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-07
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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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£8.66M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
47 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,657,338
Cash YoY
+92%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£40k
↑ 92% YoY
Net Worth
£8.7m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↓ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.7m£3.5m£5.2m£6.9m£8.7mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£8.66M£7.78M
Current assets£2.09M£2.24M
Cash£39.9k£20.7k
Debtors£180.1k£171.9k
Net assets£8.66M£7.78M

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-25
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  15. 2019-09-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2019-09-24
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2019-09-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-09-30
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine appointed
    director
  20. 2014-09-30
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Terence George appointed
    director
  21. 2014-05-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEARSTONE STUD LIMITED
  22. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    HOLDCROFT, Paula Louise appointed
    director
  23. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  24. 2014-05-07
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Terence George Holdcroft
Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Bearstone Stud
Bearstone Mill
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4HF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-09-30
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Active
HOLDCROFT, Paula Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-05-07
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Active
HOLDCROFT, Terence George→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2014-05-07 · resigned 2014-05-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27