BARNETT RAVENSCROFT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04013532 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-13
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
85 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-05-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-11-18
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    BARNETT, Philip Anthony resigned
    director
  11. 2020-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-07-13
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-05
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    WOOD, Richard James resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-06-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2018-06-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2017-11-21
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    LANGHOF-GOLD, Wenke appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-22
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Richard John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-07-22
    ➕
    WOOD, Richard James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-07-22
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Richard John resigned
    director
  23. 2000-12-06
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    GOLD, Richard Howard David appointed
    director
  24. 2000-12-06
    ➕
    BARNETT, Philip Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2000-12-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Richard John appointed
    director
  26. 2000-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNETT RAVENSCROFT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  27. 2000-06-13
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    WOOD, Richard James appointed
    director
  28. 2000-06-13
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-06-13
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-06-13
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  31. 2000-06-13
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 2000-06-13
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard James Wood
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/06/2016
Mrs Wenke Langhof-Gold
Individual · German · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Susan Mary Barnettceased 01/05/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2000-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

13 Portland Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B16 9HN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LANGHOF-GOLD, Wenke→
secretary · appointed 2017-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOLD, Richard Howard David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Richard James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-13 · resigned 2000-06-13
Resigned
TAYLOR, Richard John→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-13 · resigned 2005-07-22
Resigned
WOOD, Richard James→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-22 · resigned 2018-06-05
Resigned
BARNETT, Philip Anthony→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-12-06 · resigned 2020-11-18
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2000-06-13 · resigned 2000-06-13
Resigned
TAYLOR, Richard John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-12-06 · resigned 2005-07-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-02