BERTSCHI U.K. LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
02408671 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-27
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,454,180

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Profit before tax£1.45M£4.82M
Average employees13613900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
    ➖
    BROWN, Nicholas resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-08-16
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    SMITHYMAN, Paul Henry Vincent appointed
    director
  6. 2024-08-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  17. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-08-14
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    BROWN, Nicholas appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-07
    ➖
    TROENDLE, Markus resigned
    director
  21. 2002-07-11
    ➕
    TROENDLE, Markus appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-25
    ➕
    BERNER, Brigitta appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-25
    ➖
    BERTSCHI, Hans-Jorg resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-12-31
    ➕
    BERNER, Brigitta appointed
    director
  25. 1998-12-31
    ➖
    BERTSCHI, Rolf resigned
    director
  26. 1989-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BERTSCHI U.K. LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BERTSCHI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Hans-Jorg Bertschi
Individual · Swiss · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/07/2016

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Bertschi Bertschi Uk Ltd.
Middlesbrough Road East, South Bank
Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
TS6 6TZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BERNER, Brigitta→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERNER, Brigitta→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERTSCHI, Hans-Jorg→
director · ~69y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITHYMAN, Paul Henry Vincent→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERTSCHI, Hans-Jorg→
secretary · resigned 2001-06-25
Resigned
BERTSCHI, Rolf→
director · ~89y · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
BROWN, Nicholas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-08-14 · resigned 2024-08-19
Resigned
TROENDLE, Markus→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-07-11 · resigned 2003-03-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—15/12/2017—
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Recent filings (111 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-20