PTARMIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05769697 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-13.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,188

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£13k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£19k-£12k-£5k£2k£8k£15kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-10.3k£-15.9k
Current assets£13.5k£15.3k
Net assets£-13.2k£-18.7k

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 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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-12-04
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  2. 2024-06-25
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  3. 2023-07-26
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  4. 2022-02-09
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  5. 2022-02-07
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  6. 2022-02-07
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  7. 2021-04-20
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  8. 2019-11-08
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  9. 2018-09-27
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  10. 2018-01-02
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  11. 2017-01-27
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  12. 2016-04-11
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  13. 2016-01-12
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  14. 2015-05-15
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  15. 2014-12-19
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  16. 2006-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As PTARMIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
  17. 2006-04-05
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    BENTLEY, Dinah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-04-05
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    BENTLEY, Dinah appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-05
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    BENTLEY, John William Sharp appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-05
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    APPLETON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-05
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    APPLETON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-04-05
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    APPLETON DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-04-05
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    APPLETON DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mr John William Sharp Bentley
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Dinah Bentley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

82 Wandsworth Bridge Road
London
SW6 2TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BENTLEY, Dinah→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-05
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Active
BENTLEY, Dinah→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-04-05
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Active
BENTLEY, John William Sharp→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
APPLETON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-05 · resigned 2006-04-05
Resigned
APPLETON DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-05 · resigned 2006-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08