BATCHSTAMP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02066002 · ltd · incorporated 1986-10-21
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,907
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,013 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5.9k£10.3k
Current assets£8.1k£12.1k
Cash£8.1k—
Net assets£5.9k£9.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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  2. 2024-06-30
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-06-28
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2019-06-25
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  8. 2018-06-29
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  9. 2017-06-22
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  10. 2016-06-24
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  11. 2016-06-10
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  12. 2015-07-10
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  13. 2015-06-24
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  14. 2014-06-27
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  15. 2014-06-05
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  16. 2008-09-30
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    RAYNER, Joanna appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-09-30
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    RAYNER, Joanna appointed
    director
  18. 2008-09-30
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    SHAW, Audrey resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-09-30
    ➖
    SHAW, Audrey resigned
    director
  20. 2001-04-30
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    WHITE, Howard Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2001-04-30
    ➖
    ENGLAND, Edwin Vero resigned
    director
  22. 1997-02-11
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    LANGBRIDGE, Denise resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    SHAW, Audrey appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-09-25
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Alastair Stuart resigned
    director
  25. 1995-09-25
    ➕
    SHAW, Audrey appointed
    director
  26. 1994-04-26
    ➕
    ENGLAND, Edwin Vero appointed
    director
  27. 1993-01-20
    ➖
    KREMER, Linda resigned
    director
  28. 1993-01-20
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Alastair Stuart appointed
    director
  29. 1986-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BATCHSTAMP 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Joanna Rayner
Individual · Other · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

14 St. Johns Court
Thorner
Leeds
LS14 3AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

RAYNER, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-30
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Active
RAYNER, Joanna→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-09-30
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Active
WHITE, Howard Stephen→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-04-30
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Active
LANGBRIDGE, Denise→
secretary · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
SHAW, Audrey→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned
ENGLAND, Edwin Vero→
director · ~111y · appointed 1994-04-26 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
KREMER, Linda→
director · ~78y · resigned 1993-01-20
Resigned
MACDONALD, Alastair Stuart→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-01-20 · resigned 1995-09-25
Resigned
SHAW, Audrey→
director · ~94y · appointed 1995-09-25 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (117 total)

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2026-04-23
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2025-09-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2024-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-23