BARRY TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02494292 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
100 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees18001900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-10-19
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  4. 2022-07-22
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  5. 2021-09-27
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  6. 2021-07-27
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  7. 2020-07-14
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  8. 2020-02-25
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    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2020-02-25
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    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2020-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #6
  11. 2020-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #5
  12. 2019-06-14
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  13. 2018-08-16
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  14. 2018-07-10
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2018-07-10
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    Charge satisfied #3
  16. 2018-07-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2018-07-05
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    Charge satisfied #4
  18. 2018-04-03
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-04-03
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-04-01
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    BOYLE, Deborah Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2018-04-01
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    BOYLE, Sean David appointed
    director
  22. 2015-03-30
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2015-02-06
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2008-01-04
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    BOYLE, Sean Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2006-03-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2006-03-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2006-01-04
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 2006-01-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 1994-10-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 1990-07-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 1990-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BARRY TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Peter Phipps
Individual · British · DOB 01/1941 · age 85
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jaqueline Mary Phipps
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Barry Training Services Ltd Sully Moors Road
Sully
Penarth
CF64 5RP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

PHIPPS, Jaqueline Mary→
secretary
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Active
BOYLE, Deborah Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Active
BOYLE, Sean David→
director · ~38y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Active
BOYLE, Sean Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-04
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Active
PHIPPS, David Peter→
director · ~85y
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/03/201525/02/2020
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—06/02/201525/02/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property02/03/200605/07/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge2 properties02/03/200610/07/2018
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee and debenture1 property10/10/199404/01/2006
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/07/199004/01/2006

Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19