G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05626882 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-17
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees800800

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-05-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2024-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-04-29
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    HOYLE, Karen Linda appointed
    secretary
  9. 2024-04-29
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS LTD
  19. 2005-11-17
    ➕
    BANHAM, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-17
    ➕
    BATEMAN, Graham Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-17
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    BATEMAN, Margaret Eileen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "BATEMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

Bateman Trading Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bateman Trading Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS LTD
This company · 05626882

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bateman Trading Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/07/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Graham Steven Batemanceased 30/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Margaret Eileen Batemanceased 30/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Empire House
11 Mulcture Hall Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 1SP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BANHAM, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOYLE, Karen Linda→
secretary · appointed 2024-04-29
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Active
BATEMAN, Graham Steven→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-11-17
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Active
BATEMAN, Margaret Eileen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-11-17
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Active

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10