BENMORE ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC192048 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-14

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 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£18.74M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

55100Hotels and similar accommodation
56210Event catering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.7y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,735,779

Cash YoY

+47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£589k

↑ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£19m

↑ 1.0% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£21.83M	£21.70M
Current assets	£1.04M	£1.00M
Cash	£588.7k	£399.5k
Debtors	£417.4k	£577.6k
Net assets	£18.74M	£18.54M

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-11
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-27
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RADFORD, India Georgina appointed
director
2023-07-11
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mortgage-charge-part-both-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-09
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RADFORD, Harry Michael appointed
director
2020-07-09
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RADFORD, Nicola Lucy appointed
director
2020-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-16
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-08-10
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VESTBIRK, Hans Anthon resigned
director
2014-08-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2014-07-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC
2012-12-01
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TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-12-01
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TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-05-07
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VESTBIRK, Hans Anthon appointed
director
2004-04-14
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RADFORD, Timothy Piers appointed
director
2004-04-14
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DELWART, Charles-Emmanuel resigned
director
2004-04-14
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BIOTEC S.A. resigned
corporate-director
2002-01-15
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HOPKINS, Hugh Macfarlane Keith resigned
secretary
2002-01-15
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TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
corporate-secretary
1999-07-01
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HOPKINS, Hugh Macfarlane Keith appointed
secretary
1999-04-23
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BARBER FLEMING, Anthony John resigned
secretary
1998-12-14
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Company incorporated
As BENMORE ESTATE LIMITED
1998-12-14
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BARBER FLEMING, Anthony John appointed
secretary
1998-12-14
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DELWART, Charles-Emmanuel appointed
director
1998-12-14
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BIOTEC S.A. appointed
corporate-director
1998-12-14
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DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1998-12-14
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DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RADFORD, India Georgina (same surname) appointed 2023-10-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Piers Radford Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated1998-12-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Princes Exchange

1 Earl Grey Street

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 9EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last: 2025-12-14