BARN THEATRE CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00759007 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1963-04-26

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£17.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90020Support activities to performing arts

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

100 officers (12 active, 100 linked, 95 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

314 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,652

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£31k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£17.7k	£17.5k
Current assets	£30.5k	£40.5k
Net assets	£17.7k	£17.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (196 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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2026-02-03
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2026-01-28
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2026-01-26
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ROBERTS, Celia Jane appointed
director
2026-01-26
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ROBERTS, Lisa Jane appointed
director
2025-09-06
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2025-09-03
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2025-09-02
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2025-04-23
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2025-01-29
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2025-01-27
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GILL, Robert James resigned
director
2025-01-05
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2024-10-29
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2024-06-06
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2024-06-04
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MAWER, Anne Rosemary resigned
director
2024-03-08
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2024-02-02
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2024-01-31
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DAVIES, John David resigned
director
2023-09-25
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2023-09-18
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SWANSON, Danny appointed
director
2023-08-30
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2023-08-12
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2023-08-01
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OLIVA DUARTE, Sofia Jerico appointed
director
2023-06-27
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2023-06-20
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GILL, Robert James appointed
director
2023-05-01
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2023-04-29
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ELAM, Siobhan Anne resigned
director
2023-04-25
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2023-03-22
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2023-03-14
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HOLGATE-STUCKEY, Barbara Ellen appointed
director
2023-01-30
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2023-01-30
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2023-01-27
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CLAYTON, Jacqueline Paterson appointed
director
2023-01-27
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GENNOE, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2023-01-27
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ELAM, Siobhan Anne appointed
director
2023-01-27
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PARR, Simon Peter resigned
director
2022-04-19
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MAWER, Anne Rosemary appointed
director
2019-12-06
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GENNOE, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2019-05-07
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RIVE, Nigel Kenneth appointed
director
2019-03-12
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PARR, Susan Michal resigned
director
2018-10-08
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CUDE, John resigned
director
2017-12-08
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MAJOR, Ian Henry Haynes appointed
director
2017-12-08
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DINNIN, Kevin James resigned
director
2017-12-08
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EAMES, Roger Douglas Charles resigned
director
2017-12-08
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RIVE, Nigel Kenneth resigned
director
2017-06-01
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GRIMMANT, Sheila Ellen appointed
director
2017-06-01
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PARR, Susan Michal appointed
director
2016-12-09
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MILES, Linda Elizabeth Ann appointed
secretary
2016-12-09
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RITCHIE, Rena Ann Dill resigned
secretary
2016-12-09
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BOWMAN, Sophie Monica resigned
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1963-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

The Barn Theatre

Handside Lane

Welwyn Garden City

Herts

AL8 6ST

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31