ELLIS BATES HOLDINGS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03377394 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (2 active, 16 linked, 8 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
138 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-01-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2026-01-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-01-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-01-12
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Kathren appointed
    director
  7. 2025-10-10
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2025-10-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2025-10-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-10-03
    ➖
    BATES, Peter resigned
    director
  11. 2025-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-01-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2025-01-07
    ➖
    HOLMES, Keith Andrew resigned
    director
  14. 2024-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-10-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-07-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-05-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-10-28
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2019-10-28
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2019-10-28
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2019-10-28
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    PETTY, Angela Jayne Rhiannon appointed
    director
  26. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    HOLMES, Keith Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    ELLIS, Paul Grant resigned
    secretary
  28. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    CRAPPER, Paul Ian resigned
    director
  29. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    ELLIS, Paul Grant resigned
    director
  30. 2013-09-05
    ➕
    ELLIS, Paul Grant appointed
    secretary
  31. 2013-09-05
    ➖
    HUGHES, David resigned
    secretary
  32. 2013-05-31
    ➖
    HUGHES, David resigned
    director
  33. 2008-08-01
    ➖
    HAWLEY, Christopher Philip resigned
    director
  34. 2000-03-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Nationwide Building Society
  35. 2000-03-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nationwide Building Society
  36. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    HUGHES, David appointed
    secretary
  37. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    ODONNELL, Martin Francis resigned
    secretary
  38. 1999-03-04
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 1999-01-25
    ➕
    HUGHES, David appointed
    director
  40. 1998-10-19
    ➖
    BRADLEY, John Andrew resigned
    secretary
  41. 1998-10-19
    ➕
    ODONNELL, Martin Francis appointed
    secretary
  42. 1998-04-21
    ➕
    BRADLEY, John Andrew appointed
    secretary
  43. 1998-04-21
    ➖
    LEWIS, Alexandra Mary resigned
    secretary
  44. 1997-09-22
    ➖
    ELLIS, Paul Grant resigned
    secretary
  45. 1997-09-22
    ➕
    LEWIS, Alexandra Mary appointed
    secretary
  46. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    CRAPPER, Paul Ian appointed
    director
  47. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    HAWLEY, Christopher Philip appointed
    director
  48. 1997-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ELLIS BATES HOLDINGS LTD.
  49. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    ELLIS, Paul Grant appointed
    secretary
  50. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
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.

Group structure

Divergent Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Divergent Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ELLIS BATES HOLDINGS LTD.
This company · 03377394

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
Divergent Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated1997-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Elmwood House Ghyll Royd
Guiseley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS20 9LT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (2 active · 14 resigned)

PETTY, Angela Jayne Rhiannon→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Kathren→
director · ~54y · appointed 2026-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, John Andrew→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-21 · resigned 1998-10-19
Resigned
ELLIS, Paul Grant→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-05 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
ELLIS, Paul Grant→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-09-22
Resigned
HUGHES, David→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2013-09-05
Resigned
LEWIS, Alexandra Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-22 · resigned 1998-04-21
Resigned
ODONNELL, Martin Francis→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-19 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-05-29
Resigned
BATES, Peter→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2025-10-03
Resigned
CRAPPER, Paul Ian→
director · ~75y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
ELLIS, Paul Grant→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
HAWLEY, Christopher Philip→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2008-08-01
Resigned
HOLMES, Keith Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2025-01-07
Resigned
HUGHES, David→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-01-25 · resigned 2013-05-31
Resigned
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Nationwide
Nationwide Building Society
Debenture1 property22/03/200028/10/2019
satisfied
Nationwide
Nationwide Building Society
Legal charge1 property22/03/200028/10/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property04/03/199928/10/2019

Recent filings (138 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-20