BARCLEYS CAR SALES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04418968 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£103.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £103,389

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£103k
Current Assets
£105k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£103.6k—
Current assets£104.7k—
Net assets£103.4k—
Average employees—100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-05-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-06-30
    ➖
    BARTON, Paul resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARCLEYS CAR SALES LIMITED
  18. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    BARTON, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Anthony Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

4 Beech Grove
Swanland
HU14 3QA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Paul Anthony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTON, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2008-06-30
Resigned
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20