AC BARKER DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04795807 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-11

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£9.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,188

Cash YoY

+55%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↑ 55% YoY

Net Worth

£9k

↑ 98% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↑ 10.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£12.5k	£8.5k
Current assets	£40.4k	£36.8k
Cash	£10.4k	£6.7k
Debtors	£15.0k	£15.0k
Net assets	£9.2k	£4.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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accounts · AA
2022-11-22
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accounts · AA
2021-11-10
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accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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accounts · AA
2020-02-05
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accounts · AA
2019-02-08
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accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-01-11
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officers · CH01
2019-01-11
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-04-25
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accounts · AAMD
2003-06-11
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Company incorporated
As AC BARKER DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
2003-06-11
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BARKER, Victoria appointed
secretary
2003-06-11
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BARKER, Andrew Colin appointed
director
2003-06-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-11
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-06-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-11
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Colin Barker Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-06-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

C/O Watson Associates

30-34 North Street

Hailsham

East Sussex

BN27 1DN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BARKER, Victoria→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-11

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Active

BARKER, Andrew Colin→

director · ~52y · appointed 2003-06-11

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-11

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-11

Resigned

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