BAMPTON ARCHIVE TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08853943 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Archives activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£142£3k£6k£9k£12k£15kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets—£-142
Current assets—£14.8k
Net assets—£-142

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2026-01-30
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-29
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  4. 2024-07-01
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  5. 2023-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-16
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  7. 2021-04-30
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  8. 2020-05-20
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  9. 2019-06-11
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  10. 2018-06-01
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  11. 2017-09-05
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  12. 2016-06-21
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  13. 2016-02-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-13
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-16
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    PAGE, Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2014-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BAMPTON ARCHIVE TRADING LIMITED
  18. 2014-01-21
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    HIGNETT, Josephine Isa appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-21
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    NEWLAND, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-21
    ➕
    PAGE, Anthony 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 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 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91012 — Archives activities

Registered office

York House
Cheapside
Bampton
Oxfordshire
OX18 2JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HIGNETT, Josephine Isa→
director · ~89y · appointed 2014-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWLAND, Nicholas John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAGE, Anthony→
director · ~98y · appointed 2014-01-21 · resigned 2015-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-22