BARTLE EQUESTRIAN CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09327103 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-25
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 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£225.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £225,001
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,598 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£225k
↓ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£289k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£64k£127k£191k£254k£318kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£460.8k£499.1k
Current assets£289.0k£317.6k
Net assets£225.0k£228.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2019-02-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  10. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-24
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2014-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BARTLE EQUESTRIAN CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  16. 2014-11-25
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    BARTLE, Alison appointed
    director
  17. 2014-11-25
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    BARTLE, Christopher John Clapham appointed
    director
  18. 2014-11-25
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher John Clapham Bartle
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Mary Bartle
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Tattersall House
East Parade
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 5LT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARTLE, Alison→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-11-25
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Active
BARTLE, Christopher John Clapham→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-11-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—18/02/2019—
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-02-19