BEDSTONE POULTRY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11813347 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.05M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
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 2.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,052,610
Net assets shrinking
Down £128,031 YoY
Cash YoY
+1159%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£146k
↑ 1159% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£165k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.12M | £1.28M |
| Current assets | £164.6k | £289.5k |
| Cash | £145.6k | £11.6k |
| Debtors | £19.0k | £277.9k |
| Net assets | £1.05M | £1.18M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-03-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-02-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BEDSTONE POULTRY LTD
- 2019-02-07➕MANN, Caroline Jane appointeddirector
- 2019-02-07➕MANN, Jane appointeddirector
- 2019-02-07➕MANN, Philip Martin appointeddirector
- 2019-02-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Martin Mann Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 07/02/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Market Square Chambers
14-16 Market Square
Bromyard
HR7 4BP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MANN, Caroline Jane→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-02-07
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Active
MANN, Philip Martin→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-02-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 31/07/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10