BANK TOP NATURE RESERVE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12092168 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-08
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
£-43.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserve activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £43,381
Very low cash
Cash position: £31
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
-£43k
↓ 120% YoY
Current Assets
£793
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£43k-£35k-£26k-£17k-£8k£793Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-43.4k£-19.7k
Current assets£793£561
Cash£31£50
Debtors£762£511
Net assets£-43.4k£-19.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-24
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    PADGETT, Stephen appointed
    director
  8. 2021-03-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BANK TOP NATURE RESERVE LTD
  12. 2019-07-08
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    PADGETT, Amanda Helen appointed
    director
  13. 2019-07-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amanda Helen Padgett
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91040 — Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserve activities

Registered office

Colburn Hall Bank Top
Southowram
Halifax
HX3 9UB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PADGETT, Amanda Helen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-07-08
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PADGETT, Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-03-24
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09