BATCHELOR AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04294720 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-27
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£758.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 7.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
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 £758,106
Cash YoY
+83%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£158k
↑ 83% YoY
Net Worth
£758k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£923k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£185k£369k£554k£738k£923kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£775.3k£725.6k
Current assets£922.7k£922.4k
Cash£157.7k£85.9k
Debtors£735.0k£821.4k
Net assets£758.1k£666.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-11-25
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    RICHARDSON, Mark appointed
    director
  4. 2024-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-07-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2020-09-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-05
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-10-29
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2018-10-26
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  17. 2018-10-26
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-10-26
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  19. 2018-10-26
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  20. 2018-10-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-10-25
    ➕
    TICA, Wayne Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2018-10-25
    ➖
    BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick resigned
    secretary
  23. 2018-10-25
    ➖
    ANTHONY MARK LOUIS, Batchelor resigned
    director
  24. 2018-10-25
    ➖
    BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick resigned
    director
  25. 2018-10-25
    ➖
    BATCHELOR, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  26. 2018-10-25
    ➖
    BATCHELOR, Susan Mary resigned
    director
  27. 2018-10-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
  28. 2018-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Martin Batchelor
  29. 2002-01-15
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  30. 2002-01-15
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Susan Mary appointed
    director
  31. 2001-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BATCHELOR AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION LIMITED
  32. 2001-09-27
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-09-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2001-09-27
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2001-09-27
    ➕
    ANTHONY MARK LOUIS, Batchelor appointed
    director
  36. 2001-09-27
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick appointed
    director
  37. 2001-09-27
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2001-09-27
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Verde Bianco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Verde Bianco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BATCHELOR AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION LIMITED
This company · 04294720

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
Verde Bianco Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Martin Joseph Frederick Batchelorceased 25/06/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

Unit 21 Stilebrook Road
Olney
Buckinghamshire
MK46 5EA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

RICHARDSON, Mark→
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TICA, Wayne Paul→
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-27 · resigned 2018-10-25
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-27 · resigned 2001-09-27
Resigned
ANTHONY MARK LOUIS, Batchelor→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-09-27 · resigned 2018-10-25
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Martin Joseph Frederick→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-27 · resigned 2018-10-25
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Sarah Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-01-15 · resigned 2018-10-25
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Susan Mary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-01-15 · resigned 2018-10-25
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-27 · resigned 2001-09-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/09/2020—
outstanding
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
A registered charge—25/10/2018—
satisfied
Martin Batchelor / Susan Batchelor / Anthony Batchelor / Sarah Batchelor
A registered charge1 property25/10/201815/07/2021
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18