BARTON EQUESTRIAN CENTRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05072338 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-58.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £58,575

Cash YoY

+77%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 77% YoY

Net Worth

-£59k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-58.6k	£-67.7k
Cash	£2.5k	£1.4k
Net assets	£-58.6k	£-67.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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MARTIN, Neil resigned
director
2026-04-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-27
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-06
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officers · AP01
2017-04-03
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MARTIN, Jane Gail appointed
director
2017-04-03
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MARTIN, Mary Gail resigned
secretary
2017-04-03
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MARTIN, Mary Gail resigned
director
2012-04-05
➖
MARTIN, Brian resigned
director
2004-03-12
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Company incorporated
As BARTON EQUESTRIAN CENTRE LIMITED
2004-03-12
➕
MARTIN, Mary Gail appointed
secretary
2004-03-12
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-12
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-12
➕
MARTIN, Brian appointed
director
2004-03-12
➕
MARTIN, Mary Gail appointed
director
2004-03-12
➕
MARTIN, Neil appointed
director
2004-03-12
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-03-12
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Jane Gail Martin Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Neil Martinceased 20/03/2026· 25-50% shares
Ms Mary Gail Martinceased 28/02/2019· 50-75% shares

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

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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

Incorporated2004-03-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

366 Holcombe Road

Greenmount

Bury

BL8 4HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MARTIN, Jane Gail→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-04-03

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Active

MARTIN, Mary Gail→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2017-04-03

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2004-03-12

Resigned

MARTIN, Brian→

director · ~82y · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2012-04-05

Resigned

MARTIN, Mary Gail→

director · ~81y · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2017-04-03

Resigned

MARTIN, Neil→

director · ~57y · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2026-04-13

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2004-03-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-14

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-13

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-11