BOTANY BAY NURSERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03835221 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-02
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£611.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £611,403
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£408k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£611k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£712k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£142k£285k£427k£570k£712kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£740.1k£741.4k
Current assets£712.3k£691.6k
Cash£407.8k£298.6k
Debtors£13.4k£22.6k
Net assets£611.4k£609.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-05-05
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  7. 2021-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-08
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  9. 2019-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-09-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-10-01
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Jeremy appointed
    director
  17. 2006-10-01
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Jamie Peter appointed
    director
  18. 1999-09-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOTANY BAY NURSERIES LIMITED
  19. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Peter appointed
    director
  21. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  22. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-09-02
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-09-02
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1999-09-02
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Mr James Peter Ratcliffe
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/09/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Botany Bay Nurseries
Edgioake Lane, Astwood Bank
Redditch
Worcestershire
B96 6BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

RATCLIFFE, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRYSDALE, Jeremy→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-10-01
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Active
RATCLIFFE, Jamie Peter→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RATCLIFFE, Peter→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RATCLIFFE, Susan Jane→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-02 · resigned 1999-09-02
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1999-09-02 · resigned 1999-09-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-05