BARNSLEY REFRIGERATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03176604 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-18
    ➖
    BEARDSHALL, Andrew Mark resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-03-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-11-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-09-06
    ➕
    BEARDSHALL, Scott appointed
    director
  18. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    BEARDSHALL, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-04-08
    ➖
    DRIVER, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  20. 1996-03-23
    ➕
    DRIVER, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARNSLEY REFRIGERATION SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    BEARDSHALL, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-03-22
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-03-22
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1996-03-22
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Beardshall
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/11/2023
Mr Scott Beardshall
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/03/2017

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
Incorporated1996-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Bbic Unit 1c Building3
Innovation Way
Barnsley
S75 1JL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BEARDSHALL, Mark→
director · ~51y · appointed 1996-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEARDSHALL, Scott→
director · ~46y · appointed 2001-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEARDSHALL, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 2024-03-18
Resigned
DRIVER, Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-23 · resigned 1997-04-08
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-03-22
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-22 · resigned 1996-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08