BARROWCLIFFE LIMITED

📈Growthactive

04869022 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-18

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£23.60M

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 22.3y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,068,000

Turnover YoY

+9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Turnover	£23.60M	£21.68M
Gross profit	£8.46M	£7.10M
Operating profit	£732.0k	£477.0k
Profit before tax	£1.07M	£464.0k
Average employees	21300	19900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (61 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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accounts · AA
2022-02-07
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accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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accounts · AA01
2019-02-25
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accounts · AA01
2019-02-13
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accounts · AA
2019-01-18
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IRISH, Roy resigned
director
2019-01-18
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officers · TM01
2019-01-15
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IRISH, Roy appointed
director
2019-01-15
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officers · AP01
2019-01-15
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mortgage · MR04
2019-01-15
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mortgage · MR04
2019-01-15
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mortgage · MR04
2019-01-15
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Charge satisfied #9
2019-01-15
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Charge satisfied #7
2019-01-15
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Charge satisfied #6
2018-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-11-14
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officers · TM01
2018-11-06
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MCINTYRE, Susan appointed
director
2018-11-06
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MILNE, Trevor James appointed
director
2018-11-06
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WAUGH, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2018-11-06
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IRISH, Roy resigned
secretary
2018-11-06
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ARCHER, Anthony Arthur resigned
director
2018-11-06
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IRISH, Roy resigned
director
2018-11-06
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MILLER, Lee resigned
director
2018-11-06
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SUTHERLAND, Edwin Talbot Nicholas resigned
director
2018-11-06
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-05-17
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Charge satisfied #8
2018-05-10
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2018-05-10
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2018-03-26
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2014-11-24
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Charge satisfied #5
2014-11-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-11-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-06-06
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Charge satisfied #3
2009-01-14
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Charge satisfied #4
2009-01-12
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-12-23
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Davenham Trust PLC
2004-07-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Glen Barrowcliffe
2004-02-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-01-22
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IRISH, Roy appointed
secretary
2004-01-22
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EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-22
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ARCHER, Anthony Arthur appointed
director
2004-01-22
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IRISH, Roy appointed
director
2004-01-22
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MILLER, Lee appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 61 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Kettle Produce Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kettle Produce Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BARROWCLIFFE LIMITED

This company · 04869022

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kettle Produce Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/11/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Anthony William Barrowcliffeceased 06/11/2018· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-08-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Hooton Street

Carlton Road

Nottingham

NG3 2NJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-01

Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Susan→

director · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MILNE, Trevor James→

director · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-06

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Active

WAUGH, Elizabeth Ann→

director · ~65y · appointed 2018-11-06

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Active

IRISH, Roy→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2003-10-03

Resigned

EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2004-01-22

Resigned

ARCHER, Anthony Arthur→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

IRISH, Roy→

director · ~71y · appointed 2019-01-15 · resigned 2019-01-18

Resigned

IRISH, Roy→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

MILLER, Lee→

director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

SUTHERLAND, Edwin Talbot Nicholas→

director · ~76y · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2003-10-03

Resigned

EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2004-01-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	06/11/2018	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	10/05/2018	15/01/2019
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	10/05/2018	17/05/2018
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	26/03/2018	15/01/2019
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Fixed & floating charge	1 property	12/01/2009	15/01/2019
satisfied	Davenham Trust Davenham Trust PLC	Chattel mortgage	1 property	23/12/2008	24/11/2014
satisfied	Glen Barrowcliffe	Fixed charge	1 property	23/07/2004	14/01/2009
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Debenture	1 property	02/02/2004	06/06/2009
satisfied	Lee Miller	Debenture	1 property	22/01/2004	24/11/2014
satisfied	Glen Barrowcliffe	Debenture	1 property	22/01/2004	24/11/2014

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