BARRY'S COACHES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01103382 · ltd · incorporated 1973-03-22
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77120Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 28.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,077,727
Net assets shrinking
Down £102,885 YoY
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£953k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £952.5k | £1.29M |
| Net assets | £1.08M | £1.18M |
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
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-02📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-12➖NEWSAM, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-05-01➕NEWSAM, Graham Mark appointeddirector
- 2000-01-02➖NEWSAM, Graham Mark resigneddirector
- 1997-06-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-02-14➖LOVEDAY, Paul Anthony resigneddirector
- 1992-12-10➕LOVEDAY, Paul Anthony appointeddirector
- 1991-11-08➕HILLS, Michelle Ann appointedsecretary
- 1991-11-08➖NEWSAM, Margaret resignedsecretary
- 1991-11-08➖NEWSAM, Barry Michael resigneddirector
- 1973-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BARRY'S COACHES LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Newsam Individual · British · DOB 10/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390
Registered office
9 Cambridge Road
Granby Industrial Estate
Weymouth
Dorset
DT4 9TJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
HILLS, Michelle Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 1991-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWSAM, Graham Mark→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NEWSAM, Margaret→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1991-11-08
LOVEDAY, Paul Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 1992-12-10 · resigned 1995-02-14
NEWSAM, Barry Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1991-11-08
NEWSAM, Graham Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · resigned 2000-01-02
NEWSAM, Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2021-06-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 26/06/1997 | — |
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Recent filings (110 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27