BAMTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04203897 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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.

Key financials

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

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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  3. 2025-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
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    AINGER, Brian resigned
    director
  10. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-29
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    address · AD01
  12. 2020-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2019-01-27
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  14. 2018-01-28
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  15. 2017-01-14
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  16. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2003-04-06
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    PAYZE, Nicholas Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2001-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BAMTS LIMITED
  19. 2001-04-23
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    PAYZE, Nicholas Robert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-04-23
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-04-23
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    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-04-23
    ➕
    AINGER, Brian appointed
    director
  23. 2001-04-23
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    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-04-23
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Nicholas Robert Payze
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Aingerceased 30/09/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

The Old Chapel Long Toll
Woodcote
Reading
RG8 0RR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PAYZE, Nicholas Robert→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAYZE, Nicholas Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-23 · resigned 2001-04-23
Resigned
AINGER, Brian→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-04-23 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-23 · resigned 2001-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-16