A.E. BATCHELOR & SON (EPPING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00415283 · ltd · incorporated 1946-07-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
100 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2024-05-23
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  4. 2023-11-15
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  5. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-11-22
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  7. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-10-28
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  9. 2018-11-07
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  10. 2017-12-06
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  11. 2017-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-03
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  14. 2015-11-27
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  15. 2015-05-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-05-01
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    BATCHELOR, Rachel Emma appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-05-01
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    BATCHELOR, Hilary Lois resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-14
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    BATCHELOR, Alfred Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2005-08-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 1996-06-05
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    BATCHELOR, Anthony James appointed
    director
  21. 1996-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 1946-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A.E. BATCHELOR & SON (EPPING) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BATCHELOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 79 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 80 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alfred John Batchelor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Anthony James Batchelor
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1946-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

16 Crows Road
Epping
Essex
CM16 5DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BATCHELOR, Rachel Emma→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-01
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Active
BATCHELOR, Alfred John→
director · ~79y
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Active
BATCHELOR, Anthony James→
director · ~55y · appointed 1996-06-05
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Active
BATCHELOR, Hilary Lois→
secretary · resigned 2007-05-01
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Alfred Robert→
director · ~111y · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/02/199610/08/2005

Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28