ANDREW BARR AND SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00680405 · ltd · incorporated 1961-01-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 58.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£13.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 58.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 58.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £13,410
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
Net Worth
£13k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Cash | £14.7k |
| Net assets | £13.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-05-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-05-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-28📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-05-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-01-01➖BARR, Catherine Susan resignedsecretary
- 2017-01-01➖BARR, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2017-01-01➖BARR, Catherine Susan resigneddirector
- 2016-09-01➕BARR, Alan Rhodenhurst appointeddirector
- 2016-09-01➕BARR, Louise Sarah appointeddirector
- 1968-01-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Westminster Bank LTD.
- 1961-01-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW BARR AND SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Alan Rhodenhurst Barr Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/01/2017 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Catherine Susan Barrceased 01/01/2017· significant influence · trust interest
- Mr Andrew David Barrceased 01/01/2017· significant influence · trust interest
- Mr Andrew Barrceased 01/01/2017· significant influence · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1961-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Barty Farm Roundwell
Bearsted
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 4HL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BARR, Alan Rhodenhurst→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARR, Louise Sarah→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2016-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARR, Catherine Susan→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2017-01-01
BARR, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2017-01-01
BARR, Catherine Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2017-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Westminster Bank . Westminster Bank LTD. | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/01/1968 | — |
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Recent filings (111 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27