BITTESCOMBE MANOR ESTATE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10645827 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-01
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-2.45M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
- 56302Public houses and bars
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 77/100 (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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,445,250
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£71k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Net Worth
-£2.4m
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £71.5k | £73.7k |
| Net assets | £-2.45M | £-2.16M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
4
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 5 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24➕CAMPBELL-BREEDEN, Richard appointeddirector
- 2020-12-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-12-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BITTESCOMBE MANOR ESTATE LTD
- 2017-03-01➕CAMPBELL-BREEDEN, Samantha 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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Campbell-Breeden Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest | 01/09/2020 |
Samantha Campbell-Breeden Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 01/03/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Omeshorn Holdings Limitedceased 04/09/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mrs Samantha Campbell-Breedenceased 01/09/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2017-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Bittescombe Manor
Upton
Taunton
Somerset
TA4 2DA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CAMPBELL-BREEDEN, Richard→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2021-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAMPBELL-BREEDEN, Samantha→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (32 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03