BEE HAPPY PLANTS & SEEDS CIC

🌳Matureactive
09988290 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-02-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-67.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01250
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01290SIC 01290
  • 01300SIC 01300
  • 01640SIC 01640
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £67,675
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£281
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
-£68k
↓ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£68k-£53k-£39k-£25k-£11k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.4k£5.7k
Current assets£2.8k£3.4k
Cash£281£1.4k
Net assets£-67.7k£-63.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
    ✏️
    change-of-name-community-interest-company
    change-of-name · CICCON
  2. 2025-12-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-02-25
    CLOUD, David appointed
    director
  10. 2022-01-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-18
    HOLDSWORTH, Benjamin John appointed
    director
  12. 2021-11-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-10-15
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2021-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-02-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  18. 2020-02-04
    HOLDSWORTH, Joy appointed
    director
  19. 2020-01-13
    TOWERS, Kate appointed
    director
  20. 2020-01-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-02-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEE HAPPY PLANTS & SEEDS CIC
  23. 2016-02-04
    HOLDSWORTH, Sarah Diana Mary appointed
    secretary
  24. 2016-02-04
    HOLDSWORTH, Sarah Diana Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-30: change-of-name-community-interest-company; 2025-12-30: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Diana Mary Holdsworth
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2016-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01250 — SIC 01250

Registered office

Lakehayes Nursery Axminster Road
South Chard
Chard
Somerset
TA20 2NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

HOLDSWORTH, Sarah Diana Mary
secretary · appointed 2016-02-04
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Active
CLOUD, David
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-02-25
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Active
HOLDSWORTH, Benjamin John
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-11-18
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Active
HOLDSWORTH, Joy
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-02-04
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Active
HOLDSWORTH, Sarah Diana Mary
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-04
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Active
TOWERS, Kate
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-01-13
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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
change-of-name-community-interest-company
change-of-name · CICCON
2025-12-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-18