A K BATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06800299 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-23
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£404.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £404,013
Net assets shrinking
Down £302,991 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£404k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£287k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£141k£283k£424k£566k£707kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£404.0k£707.0k
Current assets£287.2k£359.3k
Net assets£404.0k£707.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-16
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    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-08-24
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  10. 2019-08-08
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  11. 2019-01-23
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-01-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-10-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2018-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-04-05
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    BATES, Karen Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2009-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A K BATES LIMITED
  19. 2009-01-23
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    BATES, Karen Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-01-23
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    BATES, Adrian Keith 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 "BATES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Keith Bates
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Ann Bates
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

Kibbear Mead
Trull
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 7LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BATES, Karen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-23
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Active
BATES, Adrian Keith→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-01-23
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Active
BATES, Karen Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-04-05
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Active

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24