BATESON TRAILERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01081973 · ltd · incorporated 1972-11-15
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 34.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£2.71M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29202
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 34.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 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
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,713,545
Net assets shrinking
Down £129,286 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£616k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.80M | £2.96M |
| Current assets | £2.00M | £2.04M |
| Cash | £615.5k | £674.9k |
| Debtors | £530.8k | £483.9k |
| Net assets | £2.71M | £2.84M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-06-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-07-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-04-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-05-18➕BATESON, Simon John appointedsecretary
- 2013-05-18➕BATESON, Simon John appointeddirector
- 2013-05-18➖BATESON, Dorothy resignedsecretary
- 2013-05-18➖BATESON, Dorothy resigneddirector
- 1992-02-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1972-11-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BATESON TRAILERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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
- +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 "BATESON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Lionel Bateson Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 23/05/2016 |
Mr Simon John Bateson Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/12/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29202 — SIC 29202
Registered office
Doodfield Works
Windlehurst Road
Marple Stockport
Cheshire
SK6 7EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BATESON, Simon John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2013-05-18
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Active
BATESON, Simon John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2013-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BATESON, Dorothy→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-05-18
BATESON, Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~110y · resigned 2013-05-18
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/04/2015 | 06/07/2023 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/04/2015 | 06/07/2023 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 14/02/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (109 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01