BARCLAY (CAMMACHMORE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02470219 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£148.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33110
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £148,191
Net assets shrinking
Down £160 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£148k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£59k£89k£119k£148kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£100£148.4k
Current assets£100—
Net assets£148.2k£148.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-03-10
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  3. 2024-03-20
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  4. 2023-03-06
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  5. 2022-02-15
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  6. 2021-03-02
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  7. 2020-03-10
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-03-15
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  10. 2018-02-13
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  11. 2018-02-13
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  12. 2017-12-21
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    BARCLAY, Sheila Brown resigned
    secretary
  13. 2017-12-21
    ➖
    BARCLAY, Sheila Brown resigned
    director
  14. 2017-12-21
    ➖
    BARCLAY, Zoe Lynne Thompson resigned
    director
  15. 2017-12-21
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  16. 2017-12-21
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  17. 2017-12-21
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  18. 2017-03-06
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  19. 2012-08-01
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    BARCLAY, Kay Keith appointed
    director
  20. 2012-08-01
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    BARCLAY, Zoe Lynne Thompson appointed
    director
  21. 1990-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BARCLAY (CAMMACHMORE) LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARCLAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Kay Keith Barclay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
75–100%
—75-100% shares13/02/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Barclayceased 13/02/2018· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33110 — SIC 33110

Registered office

91 De Haviland Way
Up Holland
Skelmersdale
Lancashire
WN8 6DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BARCLAY, Kay Keith→
director · ~33y · appointed 2012-08-01
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Active
BARCLAY, William Keith→
director · ~69y
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Active
BARCLAY, Sheila Brown→
secretary · resigned 2017-12-21
Resigned
BARCLAY, Sheila Brown→
director · ~67y · resigned 2017-12-21
Resigned
BARCLAY, Zoe Lynne Thompson→
director · ~36y · appointed 2012-08-01 · resigned 2017-12-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

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2026-02-07
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2025-03-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-10
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2024-03-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
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accounts · AA
2023-03-06
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2023-02-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
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accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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2020-03-10
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2020-02-05
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accounts · AA
2019-02-28