BARMAC ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03988965 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-09
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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
80
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees10001100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    READ, Michael James appointed
    director
  17. 2000-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARMAC ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  18. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    BARKER, Joyce Frances appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    BARKER, Joyce Frances appointed
    director
  20. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    BARKER, Leonard Joseph appointed
    director
  21. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-05-09
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-05-09
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leonard Joseph Barker
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Joyce Frances Barker
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Michael James Read
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Stanley Way
Botchergate
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 1RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BARKER, Joyce Frances→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Joyce Frances→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Leonard Joseph→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
READ, Michael James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2000-05-09
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2000-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-29