BARTON PARK ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04711694 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
12 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 23.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — 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
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-29 | 2024-03-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-06-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-03-27🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2025-12-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-23📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2025-07-22📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-07-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-25📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-06-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-05-20📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-04-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-02🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2024-03-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-22🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Asset Advantage Limited
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-07🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Asset Advantage Limited
- 2023-06-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-15🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2023-06-15🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2023-03-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-03-30🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2023-03-30🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2020-11-27🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-02-20🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2018-08-06🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-05-02🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2018-05-02🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-05-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-04-27🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-04-27🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-03-26🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2018-03-13➕BARTON JNR, Charles Howard appointeddirector
- 2016-12-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
- 2003-06-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 2003-05-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 2003-03-26🏢Company incorporatedAs BARTON PARK ESTATES LIMITED
- 2003-03-26➕BARTON, Anita Louise appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-26➕BARTON, Anita Louise appointeddirector
- 2003-03-26➕BARTON, Charles Howard appointeddirector
- 2003-03-26➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-26➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Multiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Charles Howard Barton Jnr Individual · British · DOB 01/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/04/2018 |
Mr Charles Howard Barton Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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| B H HOTELS 4 LIMITED→ 12361123 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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| BAR 20 DALTON LIMITED→ 08417004 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300
Registered office
Offices G12-G16, City Lab
4-6 Dalton Square
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 1PP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
BARTON, Anita Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-26
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BARTON, Anita Louise→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2003-03-26
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BARTON, Charles Howard→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-03-26
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BARTON JNR, Charles Howard→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2018-03-13
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
12
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Asset Advantage Asset Advantage Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/03/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Asset Advantage Asset Advantage Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/07/2023 | 02/04/2024 | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/06/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/11/2020 | 27/03/2026 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/08/2018 | 30/03/2023 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/04/2018 | 30/03/2023 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/04/2018 | 20/02/2020 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/03/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2016 | 02/05/2018 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 11/06/2003 | 02/05/2018 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 27/05/2003 | 02/05/2018 |
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Recent filings (101 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2025-07-23
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-22
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-20