BELLE VUE PROCUREMENT LTD
🌳Matureactive
09536680 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-10
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: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £148.4k | £155.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-09-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-12➕MCFARLANE, Karon Anne appointeddirector
- 2015-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BELLE VUE PROCUREMENT LTD
- 2015-04-10➕BURT, Jonathan Philip, Mr. appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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. Jonathan Philip Burt Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Karon Anne Mcfarlane Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
Apsley House
54 Reforne
Portland
Dorset
DT5 2AN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BURT, Jonathan Philip, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2015-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCFARLANE, Karon Anne→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (36 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-06