BATLEY FABRICATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07223072 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-14
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 Apr 2026
Net worth
£140.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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 £140,003
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,876 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£140k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£171k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £140.0k | £164.9k |
| Current assets | £170.5k | £271.5k |
| Net assets | £140.0k | £159.9k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-02-11📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-02-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-02-11📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-01➕TAYLOR, Matthew Alan appointeddirector
- 2010-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BATLEY FABRICATIONS LIMITED
- 2010-04-14➕TAYLOR, Alan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Alan Taylor Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Taylorceased 13/10/2025· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
501 Bradford Road
Batley
WF17 8LL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TAYLOR, Alan→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2010-04-14
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TAYLOR, Matthew Alan→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-10-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-02-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-02-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20