BARIVAN LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
01709202 · ltd · incorporated 1983-03-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£159.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of mortgage finance companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 42.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £159,919
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£160k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£160k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £159.9k | £160.3k |
| Current assets | £160.3k | £160.3k |
| Debtors | £160.3k | — |
| Net assets | £159.9k | £159.9k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-11-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-03-12➖FICHTINGER, Renate Franziska resignedsecretary
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2011-01-05➕FICHTINGER, Renate Franziska appointedsecretary
- 2011-01-05➖GREEN, Philip Anthony resignedsecretary
- 2008-12-16➖GREEN, Ivan resigneddirector
- 2004-03-31➖GREEN, Barbara Leila resignedsecretary
- 2004-03-31➕GREEN, Philip Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-31➖GREEN, Barbara Leila resigneddirector
- 2004-02-14➕GREEN, Philip Anthony appointeddirector
- 1984-01-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1983-03-24🏢Company incorporatedAs BARIVAN LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Anthony Green Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/12/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Renate Fichtingerceased 11/01/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTEX ILS SERVICES UK LTD→ 10995484 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ASHWICK BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 14752331 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| ATHENA IFA LTD→ 14778519 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| AWARD MORTGAGES SOUTHERN LIMITED→ 10063061 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BADER MALAN LIMITED→ 04329913 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 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
Incorporated1983-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64922 — Activities of mortgage finance companies
Registered office
Annecy Court, Ferry Works
Summer Road
Thames Ditton
Surrey
KT7 0QJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
GREEN, Philip Anthony→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2004-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FICHTINGER, Renate Franziska→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-01-05 · resigned 2024-03-12
GREEN, Barbara Leila→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2004-03-31
GREEN, Philip Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2011-01-05
GREEN, Barbara Leila→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2004-03-31
GREEN, Ivan→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2008-12-16
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/01/1984 | 28/11/2025 |
Recent filings (118 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-01