BARTON EQUINE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10016801 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-20
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £34,055

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£34k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£212k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£42k£85k£127k£170k£212kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£58.1k£58.2k
Current assets£211.9k£177.8k
Net assets£34.1k£28.3k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-11
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  10. 2020-10-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BARTON EQUINE LTD
  16. 2016-02-20
    ➕
    BARTON, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2016-02-20
    ➕
    BARTON, Richard Arthur appointed
    director
  18. 2016-02-20
    ➕
    MOORHOUSE, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2016-02-20
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    MOORHOUSE, Christopher Charles Powell appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janet Elizabeth Barton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Richard Arthur Barton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Moorside Cottage, Moorside Farm, Lane Side
Wilsden
Bradford
Uk
BD15 0LZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BARTON, Janet Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-20
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Active
BARTON, Richard Arthur→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-02-20
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Active
MOORHOUSE, Alison Mary→
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-02-20
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Active
MOORHOUSE, Christopher Charles Powell→
director · ~31y · appointed 2016-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-11