BEARTENNIS VENTURES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14734075 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£196.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
11 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £196,369
Cash YoY
+51682%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£180k
↑ 51682% YoY
Net Worth
£196k
↑ 6451% YoY
Current Assets
£181k
↑ 13292% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£3k£37k£77k£117k£156k£196kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.11M£118.2k
Current assets£180.5k£1.3k
Cash£180.2k£348
Debtors£325£1.0k
Net assets£196.4k£-3.1k

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 (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-03-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BEARTENNIS VENTURES LIMITED
  9. 2023-03-16
    COLLINS, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  10. 2023-03-16
    DAVIS, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  11. 2023-03-16
    ENNIS, Richard John appointed
    director
  12. 2023-03-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ENNIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Dcms Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Dcms Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
BEARTENNIS VENTURES LIMITED
This company · 14734075

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dcms Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control16/03/2023
Mr Richard John Ennis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2023
Mr Benjamin James Collins
Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49
sig. influencesignificant influence16/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

Brook House Moss Grove
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9HS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COLLINS, Benjamin James
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-03-16
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Active
DAVIS, Nicholas John
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-03-16
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Active
ENNIS, Richard John
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-03-16
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-16