BEAR BEGINNINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12838400 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-26
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£7.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,921

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£21
↓ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£21£7.5k
Current assets£21£180
Net assets£7.9k£7.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-05-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BEAR BEGINNINGS LTD
  14. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    COURTIER-BERMAN, Tracy Gail appointed
    director
  15. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    COURTIER-BOOKER, Karen Samantha Jane appointed
    director
  16. 2020-08-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Tracy Gail Courtier-Berman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/08/2020
Ms Karen Samantha Jane Courtier-Booker
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/08/2020

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
Incorporated2020-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Blissmoor
3 Oxlea Close
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 2HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COURTIER-BERMAN, Tracy Gail→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COURTIER-BOOKER, Karen Samantha Jane→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-01