THE BEECH TREE CAFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC258858 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-06

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£-12.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56210Event catering activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £12,141

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£12k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£12k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-12.1k	£-19.4k
Current assets	£11.6k	£9.7k
Net assets	£-12.1k	£-19.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-08-31
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2024-11-30
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2023-08-31
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2022-08-31
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2021-08-31
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2020-08-31
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2019-07-22
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2018-08-31
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accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-13
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accounts · AA
2015-12-27
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-27
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accounts · AA
2015-01-06
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2014-05-15
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accounts · AA
2013-12-20
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annual-return · AR01
2003-11-06
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Company incorporated
As THE BEECH TREE CAFE LIMITED
2003-11-06
➕
LYON, Williamina appointed
secretary
2003-11-06
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LYON, Williamina appointed
director
2003-11-06
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SMITH, Trisha Parker appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Trisha Parker Smith Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Williamina Lyon Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

2 Beech Road

Dunblane

Stirling

FK15 0AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LYON, Williamina→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-06

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LYON, Williamina→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-11-06

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SMITH, Trisha Parker→

director · ~49y · appointed 2003-11-06

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