A. BARTLETT (GENERAL BUILDING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04980002 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-01

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2025-05-09
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2024-06-21
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2023-04-11
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2022-04-11
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2021-07-16
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2020-05-12
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2019-04-23
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2018-04-19
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accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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capital · SH01
2016-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-07
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2014-12-01
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annual-return · AR01
2003-12-01
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Company incorporated
As A. BARTLETT (GENERAL BUILDING) LIMITED
2003-12-01
➕
BARTLETT, Andrew appointed
secretary
2003-12-01
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BARTLETT, Andrew appointed
director
2003-12-01
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BARTLETT, Sharon Dawn appointed
director
2003-12-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-01
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-12-01
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "BARTLETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sharon Dawn Bartlett Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest	02/08/2016
Mr Andrew Bartlett Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	02/08/2016

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

Incorporated2003-12-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Winden House

69 Oxford Hill

Witney

Oxon

OX28 3JU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARTLETT, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-01

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Active

BARTLETT, Andrew→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-12-01

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Active

BARTLETT, Sharon Dawn→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-12-01

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2003-12-01

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2003-12-01

Resigned

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