BASE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

07697448 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-07

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£545.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 84120

Sector: Public administration

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £545,931

Net assets shrinking

Down £39,948 YoY

Cash YoY

+5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£261k

↑ 4.6% YoY

Net Worth

£546k

↓ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£433k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£545.9k	£585.9k
Current assets	£432.7k	£562.7k
Cash	£261.2k	£249.7k
Debtors	£126.5k	£268.1k
Net assets	£545.9k	£585.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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2022-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-09-22
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officers · CH01
2022-08-04
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address · AD01
2021-12-08
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accounts · AA
2021-11-17
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officers · CH01
2020-07-16
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officers · TM01
2020-06-17
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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BUTT, Gary Mark resigned
director
2019-11-18
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officers · TM01
2019-11-18
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officers · TM01
2019-10-25
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DAY, Sarah Louise resigned
director
2019-10-25
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YOUNG, Anthony Murray resigned
director
2019-08-09
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officers · AP01
2019-05-30
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DAY, Sarah Louise appointed
director
2019-05-30
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YOUNG, Anthony Murray appointed
director
2019-05-08
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BUTT, Gary Mark appointed
director
2018-04-01
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BARTLEY, Alexander William appointed
director
2017-02-13
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-09-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-05-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2011-07-07
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Company incorporated
As BASE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
2011-07-07
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BARTLEY, Stuart Eugene appointed
director
2011-07-07
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KATCHI, Darren George appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Darren George Katchi Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Eugene Bartley Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated2011-07-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120

Registered office

39 Cardiff Road

Llandaff

Cardiff

South Glamorgan

CF5 2DP

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BARTLEY, Alexander William→

director · ~47y · appointed 2018-04-01

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Active

BARTLEY, Stuart Eugene→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-07-07

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Active

KATCHI, Darren George→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-07-07

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Active

BUTT, Gary Mark→

director · ~63y · appointed 2019-05-08 · resigned 2020-03-31

Resigned

DAY, Sarah Louise→

director · ~49y · appointed 2019-05-30 · resigned 2019-10-25

Resigned

YOUNG, Anthony Murray→

director · ~73y · appointed 2019-05-30 · resigned 2019-10-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/02/2017	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/09/2013	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	03/05/2013	—

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