G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05719962 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-23

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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 (63/100, 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

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

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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	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	500	500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-06-12
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2025-05-16
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2025-05-16
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officers · CH01
2025-05-16
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officers · CH03
2025-05-16
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address · AD01
2024-04-29
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HOYLE, Karen Linda appointed
secretary
2024-04-29
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officers · AP03
2024-04-05
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accounts · AA
2023-06-01
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accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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officers · CH01
2022-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
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accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-03-09
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accounts · AA
2017-04-24
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accounts · AA
2016-10-28
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BATEMAN, Richard Steven appointed
director
2016-10-28
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MARSH, Dale Anthony appointed
director
2006-02-23
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Company incorporated
As G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2006-02-23
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BANHAM, Pamela appointed
secretary
2006-02-23
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BATEMAN, Graham Steven appointed
director
2006-02-23
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MARSH, Anthony Stuart appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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 20 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

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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 & Marsh Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bateman & Marsh Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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G BATEMAN FABRICATIONS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · 05719962

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bateman & Marsh Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-02-23

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: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23