E.BOTHAM & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01059459 · ltd · incorporated 1972-06-26

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.83M

book net assets

Opportunity

67/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

10720SIC 10720
56101Licenced restaurants
56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 47/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 43.1y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (9 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

67/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,825,067

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£237k

Net Worth

£2.8m

Current Assets

£613k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-06
Total assets	£4.53M
Current assets	£613.4k
Cash	£237.4k
Debtors	£190.8k
Net assets	£2.83M

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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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mortgage · MR04
2026-05-22
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Charge satisfied #7
2026-03-23
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officers · TM01
2026-03-04
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BOTHAM, Audrey resigned
director
2026-01-05
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-23
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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officers · CH01
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-31
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DICKINSON, Kay Frances appointed
director
2018-08-31
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MARSHALL, Anita Rose Jarman appointed
director
2011-07-29
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-06-01
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BORRETT, Lois Claire appointed
director
2005-06-30
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-09-06
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1996-06-27
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Charge satisfied #6
1996-06-27
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Charge satisfied #5
1996-06-27
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Charge satisfied #4
1996-06-27
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Charge satisfied #3
1996-06-27
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Charge satisfied #2
1996-06-19
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1996-06-19
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1996-06-19
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1996-04-30
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1994-11-15
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Mrs. Audrey Botham
1994-06-29
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JARMAN, Sarah Penelope appointed
secretary
1994-06-29
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BOTHAM, Audrey resigned
secretary
1994-05-05
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BOTHAM, Neville Douglas Scott resigned
director
1992-02-28
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Charge satisfied #1
1990-04-06
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-04-06
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-04-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-04-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1990-04-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1983-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1972-06-26
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Company incorporated
As E.BOTHAM & SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOTHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med · 1 low

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-10

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Botham's Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Botham's Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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E.BOTHAM & SONS LIMITED

This company · 01059459

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Botham's Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/02/2024

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

Incorporated1972-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Bothams Of Whitby Enterprise Way

Whitby Business Park

Whitby

YO22 4NH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-06

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10OVERDUE

Last: 2025-06-26