BORDER TEMPERATURE CONTROL LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10497066 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£287.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
38 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £287,550
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£370k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£288k
↑ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£689k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£158k£315k£473k£630k£788kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£295.3k£284.0k
Current assets£689.4k£787.7k
Cash£369.7k£308.0k
Debtors£249.0k£407.2k
Net assets£287.6k£269.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-10-21
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-10-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-10-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-10-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-05-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2025-05-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2025-04-28
    QUAYLE, Luke Alistair appointed
    director
  12. 2025-04-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2025-04-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  14. 2025-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2025-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2024-05-22
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-09-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  23. 2016-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BORDER TEMPERATURE CONTROL LTD
  24. 2016-11-25
    QUAYLE, Alistair Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2016-11-25
    QUAYLE, Sharon Barbara 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Quayle Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Quayle Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BORDER TEMPERATURE CONTROL LTD
This company · 10497066

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Quayle Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/04/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sharon Barbara Quayleceased 28/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Alistair Charles Quayleceased 28/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2016-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

Unit 15 Maesbury Road Industrial Estate
Oswestry
SY10 8HA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-03
Last: 2026-06-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

QUAYLE, Alistair Charles
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-11-25
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Active
QUAYLE, Luke Alistair
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-04-28
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Active
QUAYLE, Sharon Barbara
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-11-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge10/04/2025
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge19/09/201708/05/2025
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-11-11
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-10-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13