P.B.T. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01805267 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 88). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 11 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

22 live charges · 11 lenders · oldest 37.6y

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 37.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 11 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

22 charges (22/22 with lender, 22/22 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (8 active, 17 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	—	300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand

2026-06-18
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officers · TM01
2026-06-16
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THOMPSON, Edith Frances resigned
director
2025-11-18
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2025-03-26
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2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2023-02-06
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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accounts · AA
2020-03-20
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accounts · AA
2019-11-14
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2019-11-14
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officers · CH03
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2019-11-13
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2019-11-12
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THOMPSON, Rory Peter appointed
director
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #23
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #22
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #20
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #19
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #17
2015-11-04
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Charge satisfied #18
2015-02-03
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Charge satisfied #14
2014-08-01
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FOX, Willam James Staley resigned
director
2014-07-28
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LEE, Richard resigned
director
2014-01-16
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Charge satisfied #16
2014-01-16
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Charge satisfied #13
2014-01-13
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-11-21
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-10-22
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2013-10-22
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2013-10-17
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-10-15
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-07-02
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Charge satisfied #12
2011-11-10
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PRICE, Pia Adele Thompson appointed
director
2011-07-01
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FOX, Willam James Staley appointed
director
2011-03-03
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2010-04-09
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Reliance Bank Limited
2009-07-28
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Reliance Bank Limited
2009-05-01
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Charge satisfied #10
2008-10-16
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-02-26
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LEE, Richard appointed
director
2008-01-22
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Charge satisfied #11
2007-11-22
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Charge satisfied #9
2007-11-22
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Charge satisfied #8
2007-11-20
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Venture Finance PLC (Venture)

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

1 med ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Edith Frances Thompson Individual · British · DOB 06/1939 · age 87	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Peter Brian Thompson Individual · British · DOB 03/1938 · age 88	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated1984-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Haydon

Wells

Somerset

BA5 3EF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-28

Last: 2026-06-14