BEATCHAIN LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10362947 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-10.52M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,522,018
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£56k
Net Worth
-£11m
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £56.3k | — |
| Net assets | £-10.52M | — |
| Average employees | — | 1800 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-06-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-20📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-10-20📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-07-01📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-07-01📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Zoomdance Limited
- 2021-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2019-12-01➖JONES, Stephen David resigneddirector
- 2018-12-01➕MENDOZA, Ben appointeddirector
- 2018-02-19➕MENDOZA, Luke appointeddirector
- 2018-02-01➕MENDOZA, Lesley appointeddirector
- 2016-09-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BEATCHAIN LIMITED
- 2016-09-07➕JONES, Stephen David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Zoomdance Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Zoomdance Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BEATCHAIN LIMITED
This company · 10362947
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zoomdance Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 19/02/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Stephen David Jonesceased 01/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Registered office
Level 1 Brockbourne House
77 Mount Ephraim
Tunbridge Wells
TN4 8BS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
MENDOZA, Ben→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MENDOZA, Lesley→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MENDOZA, Luke→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2018-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Stephen David→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-09-07 · resigned 2019-12-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Zoomdance Zoomdance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/01/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-29
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-10-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28