B C BARTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08677367 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-05
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 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 11.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (61/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
46 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-03-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-03-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-06📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-22➖DELL, Michael Howard resigneddirector
- 2017-12-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-10-26➕KILLEEN, Paul Martin appointeddirector
- 2017-10-26➕ROUND, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2015-04-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2015-02-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-09-05🏢Company incorporatedAs B C BARTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2013-09-05➕DELL, Michael Howard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Bcbi Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bcbi Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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B C BARTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 08677367
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bcbi Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/03/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ramsay Rubber & Plastics Holdings Limitedceased 15/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Dark Industrial Holdings Limitedceased 15/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
(Ramsay Rubber & Plastics Ltd)
Vulcan Road
Bilston
WV14 7HT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
KILLEEN, Paul Martin→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2017-10-26
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ROUND, Anthony John→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2017-10-26
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DELL, Michael Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2013-09-05 · resigned 2017-12-22
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| part-satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/04/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/02/2015 | 04/03/2026 |
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Recent filings (46 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06