BARENTZ UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01762605 · ltd · incorporated 1983-10-19

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 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 41.1y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 41.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

35 officers (2 active, 35 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

209 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

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £5,747,850

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£5.75M
Average employees	5700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-07-02
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officers · TM01
2026-06-30
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LITCHFIELD, Anthony James resigned
director
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-01-29
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-01-23
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Receivables Procurement Securitization Company B.V.
2023-11-24
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address · AD01
2023-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-01-06
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-06-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
2020-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-17
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officers · AP01
2019-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-17
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officers · AP01
2019-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-16
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COPP, Neill John appointed
director
2019-12-16
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LITCHFIELD, Anthony James appointed
director
2019-12-16
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VAN DER LINDEN, Joseph Marie Theodoor Wilhelmus resigned
director
2019-12-16
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VAN DER WAL, Hidde resigned
director
2019-11-13
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2016-06-28
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VAN DER LINDEN, Joseph Marie Theodoor Wilhelmus appointed
director
2016-06-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2012-05-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-05-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Cooperatieve Rabobank Regio Schiphol U.A.
2011-12-19
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BLOOR, Christopher resigned
director
2011-12-19
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BURNS, Suzanne resigned
director
2011-12-19
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FLEMING, Niall Patrick resigned
director
2011-12-19
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FULLARTON, Peter James resigned
director
2011-12-19
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GODBER, Stephen Alison resigned
director
2011-12-19
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KEGL, Lazlo resigned
director
2011-12-19
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LITCHFIELD, Anthony James resigned
director
2011-12-19
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VAN DER WAL, Hidde appointed
director
2011-12-19
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WHITNEY, Angela Margaret resigned
director
2008-09-23
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COPP, Neill appointed
secretary
2008-09-23
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WRIGHT, Philip John resigned
secretary
2008-09-23
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BALLARD, Peter Gavin resigned
director
2008-09-23
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BURNS, Suzanne appointed
director
2008-09-23
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FLEMING, Niall Patrick appointed
director
2008-09-23
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FULLARTON, Peter James appointed
director
2008-09-23
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GODBER, Stephen Alison appointed
director
2008-09-23
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HANLON, James Anthony resigned
director
2008-09-23
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KEGL, Lazlo appointed
director
2008-09-23
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LITCHFIELD, Anthony James appointed
director
2008-09-23
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O'RIORDAN, Rory Walter resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 89 events

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Forum Products Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Forum Products Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BARENTZ UK LIMITED

This company · 01762605

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Forum Products Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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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BARTON, BROWNSDON & SADLER LIMITED→ 01955778 · est 1985 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	40y	—	—
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BAUR TEST EQUIPMENT LIMITED→ 02266530 · est 1988 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	37y	—	—
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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Part Second Floor The Omnibus Building

Lesbourne Road

Reigate

Surrey

RH2 7LD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-08

Last: 2025-12-25

Officers (2 active · 33 resigned)

COPP, Neill→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COPP, Neill John→

director · ~52y · appointed 2019-12-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FORSHAW, John Robert→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-22 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

PEFFERS, Douglas Watson→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-29 · resigned 2006-03-22

Resigned

SHEPARD, John Anthony→

secretary · resigned 2004-04-29

Resigned

WRIGHT, Philip John→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2008-09-23

Resigned

BALLARD, Peter Gavin→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2008-09-23

Resigned

BLOOR, Christopher→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-03-23 · resigned 2011-12-19

Resigned

BLOOR, Christopher John→

director · ~76y · appointed 2004-03-18 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

BROUGH, Miles Alan→

director · ~75y · resigned 2004-01-31

Resigned

BURNS, Suzanne→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-09-23 · resigned 2011-12-19

Resigned

CONN, Helen→

director · ~77y · resigned 2007-03-30

Resigned

CULLIN, Andrew William Rous→

director · ~79y · resigned 2005-02-07

Resigned

DUCKWORTH, Alexander James→

director · ~56y · appointed 2001-10-10 · resigned 2006-03-16

Resigned

DUCKWORTH, Peter Edgar→

director · ~87y · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

FLEMING, Niall Patrick→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-09-23 · resigned 2011-12-19

Resigned

FORD, Cora Anne→

director · ~69y · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

FULLARTON, Peter James→

director · ~77y · appointed 2008-09-23 · resigned 2011-12-19

Resigned

FULLARTON, Peter James→

director · ~77y · appointed 1994-12-21 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

GODBER, Stephen Alison→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-23 · resigned 2011-12-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Receivables Procurement Securitization Company B.V.	A registered charge	—	23/01/2024	—
satisfied	Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.	A registered charge	1 property	17/06/2020	06/01/2021
satisfied	Cooperatieve Rabobank Regio Schiphol U.A.	Debenture	1 property	23/05/2012	21/06/2016
satisfied	Ge Commercial Finance Ge Commercial Finance Limited	Composite all assets guarantee and indemnity and debenture	1 property	23/09/2008	25/05/2012
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	23/05/1985	01/09/2007

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Recent filings (209 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-07-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

statement-of-companys-objects

change-of-constitution · CC04

2024-02-12

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-01-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-15

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-01-06