BEAM DIGITAL AND DESIGN LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC433377 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-12
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2012-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEAM DIGITAL AND DESIGN LTD
  17. 2012-09-26
    ➕
    BOOTH, Robert Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2012-09-26
    ➕
    SMITH, Harry Martin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Christopher Booth
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Harry Martin Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Technology · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC086146 · est 1984
£10.24M
£7.31M–£13.17M
——13742y8379y
BLACKBAUD EUROPE LTD.→
SC212593 · est 2000
£3.33M
£2.38M–£4.28M
£23.77M—1200025y8464y
ALTIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC228451 · est 2002
£409.8k
£292.7k–£526.9k
£6.88M—024y8360y
ANGEL EYE MEDIA LIMITED→
SC268652 · est 2004
———50021y8361y
APERTA LIMITED→
SC136758 · est 1992
——£13.46M—34y8375y
CALEDONIA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD.→
SC141667 · est 1992
——£451.3k—33y8377y
CRAB APPLE FILMS LIMITED→
SC242643 · est 2003
———20023y8364y
CUE AND REVIEW RECORDING SERVICE LIMITED→
SC129748 · est 1991 · no financials extracted
————35y8378y
E-MAX SYSTEMS LIMITED→
SC189614 · est 1998
——£290.8k—27y8376y
ELASTIC CREATIVE LTD.→
SC203930 · est 2000
——£20.1k—26y8358y
EURITEC LIMITED→
SC132746 · est 1991
——£2.4k—34y8377y
EURO SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
SC360587 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————16y8367y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-09-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

1 Cairns Drive
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 8AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOOTH, Robert Christopher→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Harry Martin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (32 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-26