BAPTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11272625 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.40M
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
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 £2,398,458
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2.4m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 89% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£480k£959k£1.4m£1.9m£2.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.24M£3.27M
Current assets£2.9k£28.0k
Net assets£2.40M£2.00M

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-05
    WATTS, Anthony Alan resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-07-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2025-07-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  10. 2025-06-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2025-06-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2025-02-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2025-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2024-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2024-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2024-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2024-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-09-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2018-08-03
    WATTS, Anthony Alan appointed
    director
  25. 2018-08-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Anthony Alan Watts
  26. 2018-05-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 2018-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAPTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  28. 2018-03-23
    ROTHWELL, Benjamin Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Thomas Rothwell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Alan Wattsceased 24/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Swift House, Ground Floor
18 Hoffmanns Way
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1GU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ROTHWELL, Benjamin Thomas
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-03-23
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Active
WATTS, Anthony Alan
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-08-03 · resigned 2026-02-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge10/07/2025
satisfied
Anthony Alan Watts
A registered charge03/08/201816/06/2025
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge01/05/201804/09/2018
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Recent filings (40 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05