BERRYVILLE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04632551 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£254.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £254,418
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,377 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£329k
↓ 8.1% YoY
Net Worth
£254k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£590k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £271.3k | £314.9k |
| Current assets | £590.1k | £526.5k |
| Cash | £328.5k | £357.6k |
| Debtors | £261.6k | £168.9k |
| Net assets | £254.4k | £286.8k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-02-27📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-27➖HEMMINGS, Sharon Maria resigneddirector
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-06-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-04-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2013-06-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2006-06-01➕HEMMINGS, Sharon Maria appointeddirector
- 2006-05-26➖STATON, Philip John resigneddirector
- 2003-02-05➕HEMMINGS, Steven appointedsecretary
- 2003-02-05➕HEMMINGS, Steven appointeddirector
- 2003-02-05➕STATON, Philip John appointeddirector
- 2003-01-22➖RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-01-22➖RM NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2003-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BERRYVILLE LIMITED
- 2003-01-09➕RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-01-09➕RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Steven Hemmings Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/06/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Sharon Maria Hemmingsceased 27/01/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr Steven Hemmingsceased 06/04/2018· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Unit 503 Centre 500 Lowfield Drive
Wolstanton
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST5 0UU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
Active
HEMMINGS, Steven→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-01-22
HEMMINGS, Sharon Maria→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2024-01-27
STATON, Philip John→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2006-05-26
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-01-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/06/2013 | 16/06/2018 |
Recent filings (79 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-03-07
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13