AGE UK BARNSLEY (TRADING) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02913458 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
20 officers (1 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
113 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-03-31
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    BUNN, Debre Joy resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2022-12-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-11-03
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    BUNN, Debre Joy appointed
    secretary
  10. 2022-11-03
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    HOLLIDAY, Jane Margaret resigned
    secretary
  11. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-29
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    FROST, Robert, Cllr appointed
    director
  13. 2021-09-29
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    COOPER, John resigned
    director
  14. 2021-09-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-09-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-09-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-09-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2019-09-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2019-09-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-09-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2019-08-09
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    COLLETT, Len resigned
    director
  25. 2019-06-13
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    BLYTHE, Robert resigned
    director
  26. 2018-03-29
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    HOLLIDAY, Jane Margaret appointed
    secretary
  27. 2018-03-29
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    KIMANTAS, Pauline Rose resigned
    secretary
  28. 2014-04-01
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    KIMANTAS, Pauline Rose appointed
    secretary
  29. 2014-03-31
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    WORMALD, Philip Michael resigned
    secretary
  30. 2010-10-27
    ➕
    COOPER, John appointed
    director
  31. 2010-10-27
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    WOOD, John resigned
    director
  32. 2010-04-12
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    BLYTHE, Robert appointed
    director
  33. 2010-04-12
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    BLYTHE, Robert resigned
    director
  34. 2010-04-12
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    BLYTHE, Robert appointed
    director
  35. 2010-04-12
    ➖
    LONGLEY, Christopher James resigned
    director
  36. 2007-11-20
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    LONGLEY, Christopher James appointed
    director
  37. 2007-11-20
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    NEVILLE, Leonard resigned
    director
  38. 2004-03-17
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    COLLETT, Len appointed
    director
  39. 2003-10-23
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    STEWART, Robert Mackenzie resigned
    director
  40. 2002-04-22
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    WOOD, John appointed
    director
  41. 2001-10-17
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    NEVILLE, Leonard appointed
    director
  42. 2001-10-17
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    STEWART, Robert Mackenzie appointed
    director
  43. 2001-10-16
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    CASKEN, Raymond John resigned
    director
  44. 2001-10-16
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    MCKENNA, Edward resigned
    director
  45. 1998-04-08
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    KELK, Graham Howard resigned
    director
  46. 1996-02-08
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    CASKEN, Raymond John appointed
    director
  47. 1996-02-08
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    FIELDHOUSE, George Edward resigned
    director
  48. 1996-02-08
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    KELK, Graham Howard appointed
    director
  49. 1996-02-08
    ➕
    MCKENNA, Edward appointed
    director
  50. 1995-10-20
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Robert Campbell resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cllr Robert Frost
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares29/09/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Cooperceased 29/09/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr George Leonard Collettceased 09/08/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Robert Blytheceased 13/06/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

36a Queens Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 1AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (1 active · 19 resigned)

FROST, Robert, Cllr→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUNN, Debre Joy→
secretary · appointed 2022-11-03 · resigned 2024-03-31
Resigned
HOLLIDAY, Jane Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-29 · resigned 2022-11-03
Resigned
KIMANTAS, Pauline Rose→
secretary · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2018-03-29
Resigned
WORMALD, Philip Michael→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 2014-03-31
Resigned
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 1994-03-28
Resigned
BLYTHE, Robert→
director · ~86y · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2010-04-12
Resigned
BLYTHE, Robert→
director · ~86y · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2019-06-13
Resigned
CASKEN, Raymond John→
director · ~94y · appointed 1996-02-08 · resigned 2001-10-16
Resigned
COLLETT, Len→
director · ~85y · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2019-08-09
Resigned
COOPER, John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-10-27 · resigned 2021-09-29
Resigned
FIELDHOUSE, George Edward→
director · ~99y · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 1996-02-08
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Robert Campbell→
director · ~88y · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 1995-10-20
Resigned
KELK, Graham Howard→
director · ~88y · appointed 1996-02-08 · resigned 1998-04-08
Resigned
LONGLEY, Christopher James→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-11-20 · resigned 2010-04-12
Resigned
MCKENNA, Edward→
director · ~95y · appointed 1996-02-08 · resigned 2001-10-16
Resigned
NEVILLE, Leonard→
director · ~99y · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2007-11-20
Resigned
STEWART, Robert Mackenzie→
director · ~91y · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2003-10-23
Resigned
WOOD, John→
director · ~100y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2010-10-27
Resigned
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-03-28 · resigned 1994-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (113 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-12-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-29