BENEDICT COMMUNITY HOUSING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15736675 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-23
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 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31

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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-29
    GRAY, Andrew Philip John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-09-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-23
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-10-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-10-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-10-21
    GRAY, Andrew Philip John appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2024-05-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BENEDICT COMMUNITY HOUSING LTD
  12. 2024-05-23
    HANIF, Ummar Aslam appointed
    director
  13. 2024-05-23
    SIMPSON, Lee appointed
    director
  14. 2024-05-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-09-15: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-10-21: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Philip John Gray
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/10/2024
Mr Ummar Aslam Hanif
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/05/2024
Mr Lee Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Commerce House
1 Exchange Square
Middlesbrough
TS1 1DE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HANIF, Ummar Aslam
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, Lee
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-05-23
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Active
GRAY, Andrew Philip John
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-10-21 · resigned 2025-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-23