BEACON FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13613380 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,610
Very low cash
Cash position: £10
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10
~ YoY
Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£722£1k£2k£3k£4kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.6k£3.6k
Cash£10£10
Net assets£3.6k£3.6k

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2025-10-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-10-21
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-10-21
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-10-21
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-10-21
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-05-16
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2025-05-01
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2025-04-28
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2025-04-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2025-04-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2024-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2022-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-01-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2022-01-12
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  19. 2022-01-11
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2022-01-11
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2021-11-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2021-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEACON FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2021-09-10
    GOUGH, Edward Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Raemonde Jones
Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
75100%
75-100% shares25/03/2025
Mr Edward Thomas Gough
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
75–100%75-100% voting10/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 2 Brecon Enterprise Park
Warren Road
Brecon
Powys
LD3 8BT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GOUGH, Edward Thomas
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-09-10
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Recent filings (27 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16