BEEF WELLINGTON LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14130454 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2024
Net worth
£5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed hospitality with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,155

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£84k
Current Liabilities
£0£17k£34k£50k£67k£84kMay 2023May 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£5.2k
Current assets£84.0k
Cash£27.3k
Debtors£56.7k
Net assets£5.2k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-10
    WILLIAMSON, Howard Robert Mario resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-19
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-08-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-05-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEEF WELLINGTON LIMITED
  10. 2022-05-25
    WILLIAMSON, Lydia Natalia appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-25
    WILLIAMSON, Oliver Francis Mario appointed
    director
  12. 2022-05-25
    WILLIAMSON, Howard Robert Mario appointed
    director
  13. 2022-05-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-31

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

34 Torwood Street
Torquay
TQ1 1EB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Lydia Natalia
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-05-25
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Oliver Francis Mario
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-05-25
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Howard Robert Mario
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-05-25 · resigned 2025-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-25