BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

01604619 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1981-12-16

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 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

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

313 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (199 events)Click to expand

2026-05-02
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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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2025-04-28
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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
2024-03-12
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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
2023-05-02
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accounts · AA
2023-05-01
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2023-04-29
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ELAM, Siobhan Anne resigned
director
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
2022-10-04
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SMITH, Michael John 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
2019-07-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
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
2017-01-01
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SMITH, Michael John appointed
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

Incorporated1981-12-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

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