BECHELLI'S LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC201501 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees29003000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-07-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2020-07-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  17. 1999-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BECHELLI'S LIMITED
  18. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BECHELLI, Gillian Eletta appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BECHELLI, Adrian David appointed
    director
  20. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BECHELLI, Gavin Craig appointed
    director
  21. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BECHELLI, Gillian Eletta appointed
    director
  22. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BECHELLI, Neill John appointed
    director
  23. 1999-11-11
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-11-11
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-11-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1999-11-11
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BECHELLI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian David Bechelli
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-11-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Azets Titanium 1
Kings Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BECHELLI, Gillian Eletta→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECHELLI, Adrian David→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECHELLI, Gavin Craig→
director · ~47y · appointed 1999-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECHELLI, Gillian Eletta→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECHELLI, Neill John→
director · ~57y · appointed 1999-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 1999-11-11
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-11 · resigned 1999-11-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/03/2004—
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-07-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-07-07