BARBELL BETTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08616935 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-19
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Physical well-being activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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  3. 2024-03-20
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  4. 2023-04-18
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  5. 2022-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-28
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-09-01
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    SEWELL, Christopher Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-18
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2018-02-02
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    MCCREA, Helen Louise resigned
    director
  13. 2018-02-02
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-11-17
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    MCCREA, Helen Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2013-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BARBELL BETTIES LIMITED
  19. 2013-07-19
    ➕
    SEWELL, Stella appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Stella Sewell
Individual · Welsh · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Helen Mccreaceased 02/02/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96040 — Physical well-being activities

Registered office

7 Watson Street
Stanley
DH9 0ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SEWELL, Christopher Michael→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-09-01
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Active
SEWELL, Stella→
director · ~50y · appointed 2013-07-19
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Active
MCCREA, Helen Louise→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2018-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19