BORDER FOOD MACHINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04173350 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-01
    ➕
    BARWICK, Jake appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-01
    ➕
    HODGSON, Olivia Louise appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2024-02-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Allica Bank Limited
  9. 2023-10-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-12
    ➖
    DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-07-12
    ➖
    DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret resigned
    director
  13. 2023-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-07-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2023-03-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2023-03-29
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2023-03-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2023-03-27
    📄
    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  19. 2022-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-03-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  23. 2020-03-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2013-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  26. 2011-02-16
    ➖
    BARWICK, Margaret Joyce resigned
    director
  27. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    BARWICK, John resigned
    director
  28. 2001-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDER FOOD MACHINERY LIMITED
  29. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    BARWICK, Michael appointed
    director
  30. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    BARWICK, Paul appointed
    director
  31. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret appointed
    secretary
  32. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2001-03-06
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    BARWICK, John appointed
    director
  35. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    BARWICK, Margaret Joyce appointed
    director
  36. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret appointed
    director
  37. 2001-03-06
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2001-03-06
    ➖
    COMPANY 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BARWICK, Jake (same surname) appointed 2025-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Michael Barwick
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Paul Barwick
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elaine Margaret Douthwaiteceased 12/07/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2001-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

Site 39 Kingstown Broadway
Kingstown Industrial Estate
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 0HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

BARWICK, Jake→
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active
BARWICK, Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-03-06
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Active
BARWICK, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGSON, Olivia Louise→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2023-07-12
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2001-03-06
Resigned
BARWICK, John→
director · ~96y · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
BARWICK, Margaret Joyce→
director · ~96y · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2011-02-16
Resigned
DOUTHWAITE, Elaine Margaret→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2023-07-12
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-06 · resigned 2001-03-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Allica Bank
Allica Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property29/02/2024—
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge13 properties30/05/201304/03/2020
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-29