E.E. BARTLETT LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02873014 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-18
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
£17.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45190SIC 45190
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 4 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,511
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,104 YoY
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£28k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£21k£32k£43k£53kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£24.8k£34.6k
Current assets£41.1k£53.2k
Cash£27.7k£28.6k
Debtors£13.4k£24.6k
Net assets£17.5k£27.6k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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  2. 2025-06-18
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  3. 2024-06-21
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  4. 2024-06-20
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  5. 2024-06-20
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  6. 2024-06-20
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  7. 2024-06-14
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  8. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2023-05-24
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  10. 2022-06-07
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  11. 2021-05-21
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  12. 2020-06-03
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  13. 2019-05-13
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  14. 2018-06-28
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  15. 2017-06-29
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  16. 2017-04-16
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    BARTLETT, Earl Ernest resigned
    director
  17. 2017-04-06
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Benjamin Earl appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-29
    ➖
    BARTLETT, Norma Vera resigned
    secretary
  19. 1993-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As E.E. BARTLETT LTD.
  20. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Earl Ernest appointed
    director
  21. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Norma Vera appointed
    secretary
  22. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-11-18
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    BARTLETT, Earl Ernest appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTLETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Earl Bartlett
Individual · British · DOB 10/1999 · age 27
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Mr Earl Ernest Bartlett (Jnr)
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Earl Ernest Bartlett (Snr)ceased 16/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1993-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Eurocentre
North River Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BARTLETT, Benjamin Earl→
director · ~27y · appointed 2017-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTLETT, Earl Ernest→
director · ~64y · appointed 1993-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTLETT, Norma Vera→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2010-10-29
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned
BARTLETT, Earl Ernest→
director · ~89y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2017-04-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22