BEE'S EMPORIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09194424 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£3.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47610

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47620SIC 47620
47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,363

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 793% YoY

Current Assets

£61k

↓ 3.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£4.2k	£9.8k
Current assets	£60.8k	£63.1k
Debtors	£7.4k	£17.1k
Net assets	£3.4k	£-485

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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accounts · AA
2025-03-20
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accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts · AA
2020-02-25
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accounts · AA
2019-03-06
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accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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accounts · AA
2016-11-07
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accounts · AA
2016-02-11
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capital · SH08
2016-02-03
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accounts · AA
2016-02-02
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officers · AP01
2016-02-02
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officers · TM01
2016-01-25
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FROSTICK, Andrew Robin appointed
director
2016-01-25
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LONGHURST, Clare Petronella resigned
director
2016-01-25
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LONGHURST, Desmond Brian resigned
director
2014-10-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-08-29
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Company incorporated
As BEE'S EMPORIUM LIMITED
2014-08-29
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LONGHURST, Annabel Renate appointed
director
2014-08-29
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LONGHURST, Annabel Renata appointed
secretary
2014-08-29
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LONGHURST, Annabel Renata resigned
secretary
2014-08-29
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LONGHURST, Clare Petronella appointed
director
2014-08-29
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LONGHURST, Desmond Brian appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Annabel Renate Longhurst Individual · British · DOB 06/1992 · age 34	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Robin Frostick Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-08-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47610 — SIC 47610

Registered office

Swatton Barn

Badbury

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN4 0EU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-05

Last: 2026-06-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FROSTICK, Andrew Robin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-25

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Active

LONGHURST, Annabel Renate→

director · ~34y · appointed 2014-08-29

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Active

LONGHURST, Annabel Renata→

secretary · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2014-08-29

Resigned

LONGHURST, Clare Petronella→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2016-01-25

Resigned

LONGHURST, Desmond Brian→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2016-01-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	23/10/2014	—

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