BEACON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09414476 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-30
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
28 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-02➕EVANS, Martyn Gerald appointeddirector
- 2019-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BEACON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
- 2015-01-30➕EVANS, Alina Irena appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 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 64. 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 |
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Mr Martyn Gerald Evans Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/02/2017 |
Mrs Alina Irena Evans Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Alina Irena Evansceased 01/02/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-30
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
Safaddan
Llangorse
Brecon
Powys
LD3 7UD
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
EVANS, Alina Irena→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-01-30
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EVANS, Martyn Gerald→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-09-02
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10