BARRON & JAMIESON LIMITED

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04990847 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-10
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 £5,355
Cash draining
Cash down 50% YoY
Cash YoY
-50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£30k£38kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£14.5k£17.6k
Current assets£33.1k£38.0k
Cash£8.0k£16.1k
Debtors£25.1k£22.0k
Net assets£5.4k£3.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Alan appointed
    director
  2. 2026-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-10
    ➖
    JAMIESON, Alan resigned
    director
  4. 2026-03-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-09-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-12-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-09-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-09-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2003-12-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARRON & JAMIESON LIMITED
  21. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Alan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    BARRON, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARRON" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Alan Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/12/2016
Mr Paul Barron
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/12/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

3 3 High Street
Longtown
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 5UA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JAMIESON, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
BARRON, Paul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
JAMIESON, Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2026-03-17
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Active
JAMIESON, Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-10 · resigned 2026-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-20