BARTON BLAKELEY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10454937 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 700 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
9
filings
- • 2 incorporation
- • 2 resolution
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
11
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 incorporation
- • 2 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-05-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-04-22📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-04-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-04-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-03-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-17📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-12-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-12-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-04-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-12-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-25➕BECKERS CBE, Volker Bernd appointeddirector
- 2024-10-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-18➕POLLOCK, Jonathan William Campbell appointeddirector
- 2016-11-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BARTON BLAKELEY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- 2016-11-01➕BARTON, Christopher Richard Charles 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
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️
Elbow Beach Climate Impact Ii Gp Limited
Corporate parent
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Elbow Beach Investments Limited
Corporate parent
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BARTON BLAKELEY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
This company · 10454937
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Richard Charles Barton Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest | 30/11/2019 |
Elbow Beach Climate Impact Ii Gp Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 31/03/2026 |
Elbow Beach Investments Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/08/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy Smedaceased 30/11/2019· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900
Registered office
Rothamsted Research
West Common
Harpenden
AL5 2JQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BARTON, Christopher Richard Charles→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BECKERS CBE, Volker Bernd→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POLLOCK, Jonathan William Campbell→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-10-18
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Recent filings (58 total)
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-05-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-12-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-15