BARNET'S LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04949089 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-31
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£247.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £247,142
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,106 YoY
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£234k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£247k
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£363k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£73k£145k£218k£291k£364kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£254.5k£254.9k
Current assets£363.1k£363.7k
Cash£233.5k£231.6k
Debtors£20.1k£21.8k
Net assets£247.1k£250.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-06-15
    ➕
    BARNES, Louise Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2003-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNET'S LIMITED
  18. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    BARNES, Marcus Francis appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    BARNES, Gerald Frederick appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    BARNES, Marcus Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-10-31
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-10-31
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

Ground Floor
10 Market Place
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BARNES, Marcus Francis→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Gerald Frederick→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Louise Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNES, Marcus Francis→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04