BATTS ENGINEERING & FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04072295 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-15
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-124.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £124,725
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
-£125k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£125k-£92k-£60k-£27k£5k£38kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-119.9k£-103.9k
Current assets£34.8k£37.7k
Cash£1.5k£20.8k
Debtors£6.2k£7.8k
Net assets£-124.7k£-112.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-06-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-06-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-09-30
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    BATTERSBY, Pauline resigned
    director
  12. 2020-09-30
    ➖
    DAVID, Battersby resigned
    director
  13. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-11-21
    ➕
    BATTERSBY, Stephen appointed
    director
  18. 2007-10-22
    ➕
    DAVID, Battersby appointed
    director
  19. 2000-09-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BATTS ENGINEERING & FABRICATIONS LIMITED
  20. 2000-09-15
    ➕
    BATTERSBY, Pauline appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-09-15
    ➕
    CUTTS, Lisa appointed
    director
  22. 2000-09-15
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-09-15
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-09-15
    ➕
    BATTERSBY, Pauline appointed
    director
  25. 2000-09-15
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 2000-09-15
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Stephen Battersby
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Ronald Battersbyceased 30/09/2020· significant influence

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
Incorporated2000-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 1 Central Business Park
Masbrough Street
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BATTERSBY, Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATTERSBY, Stephen→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-11-21
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Active
CUTTS, Lisa→
director · ~50y · appointed 2000-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-15 · resigned 2000-09-15
Resigned
BATTERSBY, Pauline→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-09-15 · resigned 2020-09-30
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2000-09-15 · resigned 2000-09-15
Resigned
DAVID, Battersby→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-10-22 · resigned 2020-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-16