BARNARDS COURT (SAFFRON WALDEN) MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01460827 · ltd · incorporated 1979-11-13

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£11.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

28 officers (5 active, 28 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

137 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £11,929

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£12k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£11.9k	£11.9k
Current assets	£12.2k	£12.2k
Net assets	£11.9k	£11.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand

2025-07-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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officers · AP01
2025-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-18
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officers · TM01
2024-12-11
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PHILLIPS, Pamela Jean appointed
director
2024-12-11
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WAREHAM, Berenice resigned
director
2024-12-09
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LYONS, Martin resigned
director
2024-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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officers · AP01
2022-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-25
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PHILLIPS, Pamela Jean resigned
director
2022-10-25
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WAREHAM, Berenice appointed
director
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2022-02-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-11-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
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officers · AP01
2020-01-22
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address · AD01
2019-10-17
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DUXBURY, Mary Rose appointed
director
2019-09-24
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accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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officers · TM01
2019-01-08
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POINTER, Terrence Cyril John resigned
director
2016-11-16
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LYONS, Martin appointed
director
2016-11-16
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MOY, Pamela Margaret resigned
director
2015-03-30
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DAY, Nicola Jane resigned
director
2014-11-12
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QUINN, John appointed
director
2011-01-14
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STEPHENSON, Mary resigned
director
2010-11-11
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POINTER, Terrence Cyril John appointed
director
2010-01-31
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MILLINGS, Antony resigned
director
2009-11-11
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DAY, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2009-11-11
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MOY, Pamela Margaret appointed
director
2009-09-17
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GLOVER, Richard resigned
director
2008-11-06
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HOPKINS, Nicola Jane resigned
director
2008-11-06
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MCCARTHY, Muriel Elsie Mary resigned
director
2008-11-06
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MILLINGS, Antony appointed
director
2008-11-06
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STEPHENSON, Mary appointed
director
2005-11-09
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HOPKINS, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2005-11-09
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KIDD, Timothy Christopher resigned
director
2003-11-19
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LUCY, Gerald appointed
secretary
2003-11-19
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GLOVER, Richard resigned
secretary
2003-11-19
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HOPKINS, Sidney John resigned
director
2001-12-12
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NOBLE, Janet Marie resigned
director
2001-12-12
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PHILLIPS, Pamela Jean appointed
director
2000-09-14
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CURTIS, Adam resigned
director
2000-09-14
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KIDD, Timothy Christopher appointed
director
2000-09-14
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MCCARTHY, Muriel Elsie Mary appointed
director
2000-07-26
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GLOVER, Richard appointed
secretary
2000-07-26
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TYLER, Ronald Geoffrey resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Typeltd

Incorporated1979-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Cambridge House

16 High Street

Saffron Walden

Essex

CB10 1AX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14