BARRIES ICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
02008587 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 35.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 35.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-05-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-01➕DALES, Kate Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-06-02➖LEE, Carole Anne resignedsecretary
- 2004-01-04➕LEE, Carole Anne appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-04➖PROCTOR, Pauline resignedsecretary
- 2004-01-04➖PROCTOR, Pauline resigneddirector
- 1991-06-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 1986-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BARRIES ICES LTD
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Barrie Proctor Individual · British · DOB 09/1942 · age 84 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Kate Elizabeth Dales Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Registered office
1 St. Annes Crescent
Catterick
Richmond
DL10 7NA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
DALES, Kate Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2026-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Carole Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-01-04 · resigned 2008-06-02
PROCTOR, Pauline→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2004-01-04
PROCTOR, Pauline→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2004-01-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 27/06/1991 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09