712 BARKING ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04372196 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-12
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-02-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-02-11
    ➖
    MILES, Carol resigned
    director
  7. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    MILES, Carol appointed
    director
  18. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    GIBSON, Gary Kevin appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    GIBSON, Gary Kevin appointed
    director
  20. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    MILES, Carol appointed
    director
  21. 2002-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 712 BARKING ROAD LIMITED
  22. 2002-02-12
    ➕
    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-02-12
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-02-12
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-02-12
    ➖
    JPCORD 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Gary Kevin Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/02/2017
Ms Carol Miles
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Carol Milesceased 11/02/2026· 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
Incorporated2002-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

249 Cranbrook Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 4TG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GIBSON, Gary Kevin→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Gary Kevin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-28
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Active
MILES, Carol→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-02-12
Resigned
MILES, Carol→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2026-02-11
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23