BELTON FALCONRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09752057 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-27
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£563.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01490
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
48 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £563,930

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£564k
Current Assets
£33k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£113k£226k£338k£451k£564kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£567.2k—
Current assets£32.5k—
Net assets£563.9k—

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
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-04-16
    ➖
    LISTER, Howard Martyn Pattrick resigned
    secretary
  4. 2026-03-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-07-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-07-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-03
    ➖
    ARMSTRONG, Natalie resigned
    director
  13. 2022-10-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-09-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2022-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2022-02-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2022-01-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2021-11-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  21. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-11-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  23. 2017-11-02
    ➕
    CLOSE, Bryn Albert appointed
    director
  24. 2017-11-02
    ➕
    CLOSE, Shirley appointed
    director
  25. 2016-08-09
    ➕
    LISTER, Howard Martyn Pattrick appointed
    secretary
  26. 2016-08-08
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Natalie appointed
    director
  27. 2016-08-08
    ➖
    CLOSE, Gavin resigned
    director
  28. 2015-08-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELTON FALCONRY LIMITED
  29. 2015-08-27
    ➕
    CLOSE, Gavin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryn Albert Close
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/11/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Natalie Armstrongceased 03/11/2022· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2015-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

8 Castlegate
Tickhill
Doncaster
DN11 9QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CLOSE, Bryn Albert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLOSE, Shirley→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LISTER, Howard Martyn Pattrick→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-09 · resigned 2026-04-16
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Natalie→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-08-08 · resigned 2022-11-03
Resigned
CLOSE, Gavin→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-08-27 · resigned 2016-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-01