BARNACK BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02223111 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-19
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
123 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
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 (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-11
    SALISBURY BLOCK MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2024-12-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-29
    SALISBURY BLOCK MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2023-08-29
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  10. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2022-08-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-08-01
    JAMES, Richard Cambray resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-08-01
    JAMES, Richard Cambray resigned
    director
  16. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-11-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-07-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-07-01
    WEBB, Jacqueline Lesley resigned
    director
  23. 2013-02-01
    PATEL, Eugene Christopher appointed
    director
  24. 2006-01-03
    WEBB, Jacqueline Lesley appointed
    director
  25. 2006-01-01
    BOYER, Richard John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2006-01-01
    JAMES, Richard Cambray appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-01-01
    BOYER, Richard John resigned
    director
  28. 2002-10-25
    BELL, James Coleman appointed
    director
  29. 2002-06-07
    PATEL, Vinaychandra Kashibhai resigned
    director
  30. 2001-09-18
    JAMES, Richard Cambray appointed
    director
  31. 2001-09-17
    SNARE, Peter James resigned
    director
  32. 2000-10-26
    DAVIES, Ian Robert resigned
    director
  33. 1999-09-13
    HOLBROOK, Robert Arthur Hamilton appointed
    director
  34. 1999-09-13
    CARR, Philip John resigned
    director
  35. 1999-09-13
    DAVIES, Ian Robert appointed
    director
  36. 1999-09-13
    RICHARDSON, Terence Edward resigned
    director
  37. 1999-09-13
    SNARE, Peter James appointed
    director
  38. 1996-08-07
    GREEN, Howard Michael resigned
    director
  39. 1988-02-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARNACK BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

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
Incorporated1988-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

24-25 Barnack Business Centre Blakey Road
Salisbury
SP1 2LP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)

BELL, James Coleman
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
HOLBROOK, Robert Arthur Hamilton
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Eugene Christopher
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYER, Richard John
secretary · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
JAMES, Richard Cambray
secretary · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned
SALISBURY BLOCK MANAGEMENT LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-08-29 · resigned 2024-12-11
Resigned
BOYER, Richard John
director · ~80y · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
CARR, Philip John
director · ~77y · resigned 1999-09-13
Resigned
DAVIES, Ian Robert
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-09-13 · resigned 2000-10-26
Resigned
GREEN, Howard Michael
director · ~78y · resigned 1996-08-07
Resigned
JAMES, Richard Cambray
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-09-18 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned
PATEL, Vinaychandra Kashibhai
director · ~81y · resigned 2002-06-07
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Terence Edward
director · ~77y · resigned 1999-09-13
Resigned
SNARE, Peter James
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-09-13 · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned
WEBB, Jacqueline Lesley
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2019-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (123 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-12