BARTLOW (CONTRACTING) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07206006 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£293.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
45 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £293,928
Cash YoY
+134%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£116k
↑ 134% YoY
Net Worth
£294k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Assets
£278k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £478.1k | £501.8k |
| Current assets | £277.9k | £252.9k |
| Cash | £115.8k | £49.4k |
| Debtors | £162.1k | £203.5k |
| Net assets | £293.9k | £272.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-31📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BARTLOW (CONTRACTING) LIMITED
- 2010-03-29➕BREITMEYER, Henrietta Beatrice Jane appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-29➕BREITMEYER, Henrietta Beatrice Jane appointeddirector
- 2010-03-29➕BREITMEYER, Timothy Hugh, Major appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 Henrietta Beatrice Jane Breitmeyer Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Major Timothy Hugh Breitmeyer Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 4SEASONS SPECIALIST TREE SURGEONS LIMITED→ 07988273 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Lake House
Market Hill
Royston
Herts
SG8 9JN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BREITMEYER, Henrietta Beatrice Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-03-29
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BREITMEYER, Henrietta Beatrice Jane→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-03-29
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BREITMEYER, Timothy Hugh, Major→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-29
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Recent filings (45 total)
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2026-03-23
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2025-12-03
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2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2024-11-08
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2024-10-08
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2024-03-21
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2024-03-08
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2023-04-14
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2023-04-12
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2023-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2023-01-31
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2023-01-31
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officers · CH03
2023-01-31
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accounts · AA
2022-04-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01