B-HIVE PARTNERSHIP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12460547 · 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.
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  3. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B-HIVE PARTNERSHIP LTD
  12. 2020-02-13
    ➕
    BOOLE, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  13. 2020-02-13
    ➕
    BOOLE, Nicholas David appointed
    director
  14. 2020-02-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 67 — 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

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas David Boole
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2020
Jacqueline Boole
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

3 Greengate Cardale Park
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 1GY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOOLE, Jacqueline→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-02-13
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Active
BOOLE, Nicholas David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-02-13
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-26
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-11-11