BARBERRY HOMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03285482 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
28 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
96 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£2£2
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  4. 2023-03-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  6. 2022-02-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-24
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    WATSON, Alexander Samuel Lucas resigned
    director
  9. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-04-01
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    BROADHEAD, Simon John resigned
    secretary
  12. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-03-30
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    WINTERS, Michael Peter resigned
    director
  16. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-09-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2017-09-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2017-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2017-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2013-06-05
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    WATSON, Alexander Samuel Lucas appointed
    director
  23. 2012-03-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  24. 2012-03-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  25. 2012-03-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2012-03-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  27. 2012-01-09
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    CARTWRIGHT, Martyn Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2012-01-09
    ➕
    WINTERS, Michael Peter appointed
    director
  29. 2010-01-07
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    BELLFIELD, Henry James appointed
    director
  30. 2004-11-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  31. 2004-11-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barberry Developments Limited
  32. 2004-05-17
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    BAKER, Diane Lynn resigned
    secretary
  33. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    BROADHEAD, Simon John appointed
    secretary
  34. 2003-05-13
    ➕
    BAKER, Diane Lynn appointed
    secretary
  35. 2003-05-13
    ➖
    BELLFIELD, Maurice Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  36. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    WATSON, Paul Alexander appointed
    director
  37. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    HICKTON, Godfrey John resigned
    director
  38. 1996-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARBERRY HOMES LIMITED
  39. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    BELLFIELD, Maurice Jonathan appointed
    director
  40. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    BELLFIELD, Maurice Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  41. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1996-11-25
    ➖
    RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    HICKTON, Godfrey John appointed
    director
  44. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 1996-11-25
    ➖
    RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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.

Group structure

Barberry Developments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Barberry Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BARBERRY HOMES LIMITED
This company · 03285482

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barberry Developments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1996-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Barberry House
Bromsgrove Road, Belbroughton
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 9XX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

BELLFIELD, Henry James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELLFIELD, Maurice Jonathan→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTWRIGHT, Martyn Richard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Paul Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Diane Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-13 · resigned 2004-05-17
Resigned
BELLFIELD, Maurice Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 2003-05-13
Resigned
BROADHEAD, Simon John→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-17 · resigned 2021-04-01
Resigned
RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 1996-11-25
Resigned
HICKTON, Godfrey John→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned
WATSON, Alexander Samuel Lucas→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-06-05 · resigned 2022-01-24
Resigned
WINTERS, Michael Peter→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-01-09 · resigned 2018-03-30
Resigned
RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 1996-11-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Debenture3 properties16/03/201212/09/2017
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties16/03/201212/09/2017
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Legal charge3 properties02/11/200416/03/2012
satisfied
Barberry Developments
Barberry Developments Limited
Legal charge2 properties02/11/200416/03/2012

Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03