BATCHING & BLENDING SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03232965 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-36.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.2y

10/100
under pressure

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
116 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,266
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
-£36k
↑ 75% YoY
Current Assets
£251k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£147k-£67k£13k£92k£172k£251kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-35.7k£-138.2k
Current assets£251.5k£186.0k
Cash£17.0k£24.5k
Debtors£224.4k£151.5k
Net assets£-36.3k£-146.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  3. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-08-18
    ➖
    HOLMEWOOD, Carl resigned
    director
  7. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-26
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2024-04-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2024-04-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2024-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2024-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2021-11-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2021-11-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2021-11-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2021-11-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  23. 2021-11-10
    ➕
    BROWN, Kevin Raymond appointed
    secretary
  24. 2021-11-10
    ➕
    BROWN, Andrew Clive appointed
    director
  25. 2021-11-10
    ➕
    BROWN, James Raymond appointed
    director
  26. 2021-11-10
    ➕
    BROWN, Kevin Raymond appointed
    director
  27. 2021-11-10
    ➖
    BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar resigned
    secretary
  28. 2021-11-10
    ➖
    BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar resigned
    director
  29. 2021-11-10
    ➕
    HOLMEWOOD, Carl appointed
    director
  30. 2021-11-10
    ➖
    KITTRIDGE, David William resigned
    director
  31. 2008-12-17
    ➖
    COLLINS, Neil resigned
    director
  32. 2008-12-17
    ➖
    HILL, Geoffrey Roger resigned
    director
  33. 2008-12-17
    ➖
    SHUTTLEWORTH, Brian resigned
    director
  34. 1999-09-20
    ➕
    KITTRIDGE, David William appointed
    director
  35. 1996-10-02
    ➕
    BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar appointed
    director
  36. 1996-09-05
    ➕
    COLLINS, Neil appointed
    director
  37. 1996-09-05
    ➕
    HILL, Geoffrey Roger appointed
    director
  38. 1996-08-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BATCHING & BLENDING SYSTEMS LIMITED
  39. 1996-08-02
    ➕
    BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar appointed
    secretary
  40. 1996-08-02
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1996-08-02
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1996-08-02
    ➕
    SHUTTLEWORTH, Brian appointed
    director
  43. 1996-08-02
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 1996-08-02
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, James Raymond (same surname) appointed 2021-11-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Kra Brown Electrical Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kra Brown Electrical Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BATCHING & BLENDING SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 03232965

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kra Brown Electrical Services Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/11/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ronald Edgar Barksfieldceased 10/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence
  • Mr David William Kittridgeceased 10/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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

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7 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
Incorporated1996-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

Second Floor South The Fitted Rigging House
Anchor Wharf, The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Kent
ME4 4TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

BROWN, Kevin Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2021-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Andrew Clive→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, James Raymond→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Kevin Raymond→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-02 · resigned 2021-11-10
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-08-02 · resigned 1996-08-02
Resigned
BARKSFIELD, Ronald Edgar→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 2021-11-10
Resigned
COLLINS, Neil→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-09-05 · resigned 2008-12-17
Resigned
HILL, Geoffrey Roger→
director · ~71y · appointed 1996-09-05 · resigned 2008-12-17
Resigned
HOLMEWOOD, Carl→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-11-10 · resigned 2025-08-18
Resigned
KITTRIDGE, David William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-09-20 · resigned 2021-11-10
Resigned
SHUTTLEWORTH, Brian→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-08-02 · resigned 2008-12-17
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-08-02 · resigned 1996-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—22/05/2026—
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Recent filings (116 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14