BARKER AND PATTERSON (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04271470 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-16
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£542.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.5y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £542,818
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£278k
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£543k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£923k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£185k£369k£554k£738k£923kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£646.1k£709.0k
Current assets£922.5k£865.3k
Cash£277.6k£350.0k
Debtors£634.6k£507.0k
Net assets£542.8k£536.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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  2. 2025-09-23
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  3. 2025-09-22
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    JEWITT, Katherine Elizabeth appointed
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  5. 2023-09-28
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  6. 2022-11-24
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  7. 2021-11-04
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  8. 2020-10-21
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  9. 2019-12-05
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  10. 2018-11-21
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  11. 2017-12-11
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  12. 2016-09-22
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  13. 2015-12-04
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  14. 2015-09-21
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  15. 2014-12-19
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  16. 2014-09-10
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  17. 2013-09-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2001-12-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  19. 2001-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BARKER AND PATTERSON (UK) LIMITED
  20. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    PATTERSON, Julie Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-08-16
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    PATTERSON, Robert Ivan appointed
    director
  22. 2001-08-16
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-08-16
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-08-16
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-08-16
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Ivan Patterson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

78 Oxford Street
Hull
HU2 0QP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PATTERSON, Julie Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-16
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Active
JEWITT, Katherine Elizabeth→
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active
PATTERSON, Robert Ivan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-08-16
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Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property18/12/200105/09/2013

Recent filings (60 total)

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2024-11-20
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2024-09-05
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2023-09-28
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2023-08-25
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2022-11-24
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2022-08-31
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2021-11-04
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2021-08-24
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2020-10-21
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2020-08-24
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2019-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-22