BILTON DENE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09359250 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-17
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£26.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £26,226
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£26k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.9k | £12.9k |
| Current assets | £2 | £2 |
| Net assets | £26.2k | £26.2k |
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 (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BILTON DENE LIMITED
- 2014-12-17➕BEESE, Camilla Louise appointeddirector
- 2014-12-17➕BEESE, Hilary Jane appointeddirector
- 2014-12-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Camilla Louise Beese Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Hilary Jane Beese Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Bilton Dene
Bilton Lane
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 4DH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BEESE, Camilla Louise→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2014-12-17
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BEESE, Hilary Jane→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2014-12-17
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18