BEDS GLASGOW CONTRACTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11718549 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
22 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27➕PYE, Kevin Robert appointeddirector
- 2021-08-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-09-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-02-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-12-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BEDS GLASGOW CONTRACTS LIMITED
- 2018-12-10➕BRIGHT, Reginald Franz appointeddirector
- 2018-12-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 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 69. 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Reginald Franz Bright Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/12/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Beds Glasgow Limitedceased 04/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Reginald Franz Brightceased 07/08/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A QUARTER OF SWEETS LIMITED→ 15391593 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALL BRANDS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED→ 11879261 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ANAGEN HAIR LIMITED→ 04841721 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| ARTYS PET REMEDIES LTD→ 16589252 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AURELIE GROUP LTD→ 12770624 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| B CONVENIENCE LTD→ 16414600 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BAG & BAGGAGE LIMITED→ 01206027 · est 1975 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 51y | — | — |
| BEACHSEVENTYSIX LIMITED→ 10106668 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BEARMADE LTD→ 09486544 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| BEAUCARE MEDICAL LIMITED→ 04050767 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| BEAVERS BUTCHERS LIMITED→ 17087547 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BEDS GLASGOW LIMITED→ 09389729 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Crown Chambers
Princes Street
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 1NJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BRIGHT, Reginald Franz→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PYE, Kevin Robert→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (22 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09