BTS GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04299486 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-04

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£5.90M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
85590Other education n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

11 live charges · 9 lenders · oldest 20.3y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 9 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (10 active, 23 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

162 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £241,603

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Turnover	£5.90M
Gross profit	£1.95M
Profit before tax	£241.6k
Average employees	5500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-26
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officers · TM01
2025-09-19
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BARTON, Thomas George James resigned
director
2025-09-11
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accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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HERLIHY, Francis appointed
director
2025-04-01
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah resigned
director
2024-11-22
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officers · AP01
2024-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-04
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HODGES, Elliott Samuel appointed
director
2024-09-15
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mortgage · MR01
2024-09-06
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument)
2024-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-16
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officers · AP01
2023-02-01
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MARKLOVE, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2022-12-07
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capital · SH08
2022-12-07
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capital · SH10
2022-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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mortgage · MR04
2022-03-28
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-28
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-28
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Charge satisfied #9
2022-03-28
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Charge satisfied #8
2022-03-28
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Charge satisfied #7
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-06
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2020-12-13
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WATTS, Andrew Edward resigned
director
2020-08-24
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BARTON, Thomas George James appointed
director
2020-08-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2020-08-01
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WALKER, Andrew William resigned
director
2019-10-18
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Ares Management Limited
2019-10-04
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-09-25
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Charge satisfied #6
2019-09-25
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Charge satisfied #5
2019-08-12
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EVANS, Sally appointed
secretary
2019-08-12
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MILLS, Steven Geoffrey resigned
secretary
2019-06-07
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Ares Management Limited
2018-12-07
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LOWE, Sam appointed
director
2018-12-07
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RYDER, Alasdair Alan appointed
director
2018-12-07
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STRUDWICK, Ian Harry appointed
director
2018-12-07
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MILLS, Steven Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2018-12-07
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah appointed
director
2018-12-07
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WALKER, Andrew William appointed
director
2016-01-08
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-11-01
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WATTS, Andrew Edward appointed
director
2013-04-01
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HOLLAND, Mark James resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Rsk Environment Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BTS GROUP LIMITED

This company · 04299486

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rsk Environment Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/12/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sarah Mccallumceased 07/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Alexander Athole Scott Mccallumceased 07/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 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

Incorporated2001-10-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Spring Lodge

172 Chester Road

Helsby

Cheshire

WA6 0AR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10