BEETHAM NURSERIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12460378 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-13
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 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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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
4
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 capital
- • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-04-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-04-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-08-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-07-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2020-02-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BEETHAM NURSERIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2020-02-13➕ABBIT, Lesley Alison appointeddirector
- 2020-02-13➕ABBIT, Stephen John appointeddirector
- 2020-02-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Miss Lydia Sarah Adams Individual · British · DOB 01/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 27/03/2026 |
Mr Stephen John Abbit Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 13/02/2020 |
Mrs Lesley Alison Abbit Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 13/02/2020 |
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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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
Incorporated2020-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Beetham Nurseries
Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham
Milnthorpe
Cumbria
LA7 7AP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ABBIT, Lesley Alison→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2020-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABBIT, Stephen John→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2020-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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 | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (22 total)
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-31