BARTHOLOMEW TRADING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11273404 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-23
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
20 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
2 years 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BARTHOLOMEW TRADING LIMITED
- 2018-03-23➕FRANKEL, George Mervyn appointeddirector
- 2018-03-23➕FRANKEL, Richard George appointeddirector
- 2018-03-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Richard George Frankel Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/03/2018 |
Mr George Mervyn Frankel Individual · British · DOB 01/1999 · age 27 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/03/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Headlands House 1 Kings Court
Kettering Parkway
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 6WJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FRANKEL, George Mervyn→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2018-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRANKEL, Richard George→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2018-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-18