BEAT FOODS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11090262 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-30
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 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.3y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
63 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-01➖MOLONEY, Colleen Lauren resigneddirector
- 2024-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-02📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-10-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-07-16🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-03-23📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-03-22📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-01-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2019-10-25➕MORGAN, Wayne Antony appointeddirector
- 2019-04-30➖MORGAN, Luke Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2019-04-01➕MOLONEY, Colleen Lauren appointeddirector
- 2018-06-20➖DEWEY, Martin Guy resigneddirector
- 2018-03-01➕MORGAN, Luke Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2018-02-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
- 2018-01-26➕WESSELY, Oliver Sebastian appointeddirector
- 2018-01-01➕MORGAN, Luke Christopher appointeddirector
- 2017-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BEAT FOODS LTD
- 2017-11-30➕DEWEY, Martin Guy 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 66 — 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 66. 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
Bfg 2021 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bfg 2021 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BEAT FOODS LTD
This company · 11090262
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bfg 2021 Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/10/2021 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Beat Food Group Limitedceased 31/10/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mr Luke Christopher Morganceased 25/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Oliver Sebastian Wesselyceased 25/10/2019· 50-75% shares · firm interest
- Mr Martin Guy Deweyceased 26/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEDOUIN BAGS LIMITED→ 07040752 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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| BERTIES DIRECT LIMITED→ 02667752 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
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| BORDER TEXTILES (TELFORD) LIMITED→ 05931290 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Registered office
Ohc Building
Waymills Industrial Estate
Whitchurch
Shropshire
SY13 1TT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
MORGAN, Luke Christopher→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2018-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN, Wayne Antony→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WESSELY, Oliver Sebastian→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORGAN, Luke Christopher→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2018-03-01 · resigned 2019-04-30
DEWEY, Martin Guy→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2017-11-30 · resigned 2018-06-20
MOLONEY, Colleen Lauren→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2025-07-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/12/2019 | 16/07/2022 | |
| satisfied | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”) | A registered charge | — | 13/02/2018 | 09/01/2020 |
Recent filings (63 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-10-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-23