BARTLETT DE CHOC LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15591709 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-10.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10821
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
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, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,938

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£11k
Current Assets
£872
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-10.9k
Current assets£872
Net assets£-10.9k

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

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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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-06-23
    BARTLETT, Nicholas Peter appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARTLETT DE CHOC LTD
  9. 2024-03-25
    BARTLETT, Nicholas Peter appointed
    secretary
  10. 2024-03-25
    CHOW, Yee Kwan appointed
    director
  11. 2024-03-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTLETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Yee Kwan Chow
Individual · Hong Konger · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/03/2024
Mr Nicholas Peter Bartlett
Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/06/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Cocoa Evolutions Ltdceased 23/06/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2024-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821

Registered office

1-7 Meeting House Lane
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 1AY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BARTLETT, Nicholas Peter
secretary · appointed 2024-03-25
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Active
BARTLETT, Nicholas Peter
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-06-23
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Active
CHOW, Yee Kwan
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-03-25
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-25