BARTON, BROWNSDON & SADLER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01955778 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£223.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 18.1y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
136 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £223,445
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,971 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£223k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£978k
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£196k£391k£587k£782k£978kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£597.8k£478.5k
Current assets£977.8k£912.1k
Cash£33.6k£48.2k
Debtors£426.5k£352.9k
Net assets£223.4k£256.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #7
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2024-03-06
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  8. 2024-02-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2024-02-05
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  10. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-04-09
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  15. 2021-02-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-02-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2021-02-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2021-02-22
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2021-02-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2021-02-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
  21. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-01-10
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    capital · SH01
  24. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2017-06-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2017-06-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2017-06-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2015-07-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2010-05-15
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    BUDIBENT, Angela Elisabeth resigned
    secretary
  30. 2008-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  31. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    BUDIBENT, Giles Willson appointed
    director
  32. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    BUDIBENT, John Barry appointed
    director
  33. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    BUDIBENT, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  34. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    BROWNSDON, Carolyn resigned
    secretary
  35. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    BUDIBENT, Angela Elisabeth appointed
    secretary
  36. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    BROWNSDON, Carolyn resigned
    director
  37. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    BROWNSDON, John Frederick Barton resigned
    director
  38. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    RAWLINSON, Anthony John resigned
    director
  39. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    SADLER, Barry resigned
    director
  40. 1995-10-31
    ➖
    CLARIDGE, Tracy Leigh resigned
    director
  41. 1994-06-14
    ➕
    CLARIDGE, Tracy Leigh appointed
    director
  42. 1985-11-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARTON, BROWNSDON & SADLER LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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 · 1 low
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.

6 live charges
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Giles Willson Budibent
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/08/2016
Mr Nicholas John Budibent
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/08/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Unit 16 Star Road
Partridge Green
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 8RA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BUDIBENT, Giles Willson→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUDIBENT, John Barry→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUDIBENT, Nicholas John→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWNSDON, Carolyn→
secretary · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
BUDIBENT, Angela Elisabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-11 · resigned 2010-05-15
Resigned
BROWNSDON, Carolyn→
director · ~88y · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
BROWNSDON, John Frederick Barton→
director · ~90y · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
CLARIDGE, Tracy Leigh→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-06-14 · resigned 1995-10-31
Resigned
RAWLINSON, Anthony John→
director · ~91y · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
SADLER, Barry→
director · ~90y · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/03/2024—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2024—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property09/04/202113/02/2026
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
A registered charge—11/02/2021—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/06/2017—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/06/2017—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/06/2017—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property29/07/201522/02/2021
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property28/05/200822/02/2021
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Recent filings (136 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-14