BTAS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04479744 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees4500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    MURRAY, Timothy Jake appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2007-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
  19. 2002-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BTAS (UK) LIMITED
  20. 2002-07-08
    ➕
    MURRAY, Janine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-08
    ➕
    MURRAY, Janine appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-08
    ➕
    MURRAY, Timothy Gerard appointed
    director
  23. 2002-07-08
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-08
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    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-07-08
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-07-08
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MURRAY, Timothy Jake (same surname) appointed 2024-09-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Timothy Gerard Murray
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Janine Murray
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

41 Drumhead Road Chorley North Industrial Park
Chorley
PR6 7BX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MURRAY, Janine→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-08
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Active
MURRAY, Janine→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-07-08
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Active
MURRAY, Timothy Jake→
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-09-12
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Active
MURRAY, Timothy Gerard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-07-08
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Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
Mortgage1 property03/12/2007—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28