54 BARNSBURY ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05019364 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-01-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-16
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    RODGERS, Samuel appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-04-22
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    DAVISON, James Rupert resigned
    director
  10. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-01-17
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    BLAKENEY, Michael Francis appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-01-17
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    DAVISON, James Rupert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-12-19
    ➕
    OXLEY, Simon George appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-24
    ➖
    GLEDHILL, Ben Quentin resigned
    director
  22. 2006-03-17
    ➖
    DAVIES, Roger Guy resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-17
    ➕
    DAVISON, James Rupert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-08-12
    ➖
    DAVIES, Tom Daniel resigned
    director
  25. 2005-08-12
    ➕
    DAVISON, James Rupert appointed
    director
  26. 2004-05-07
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    GLEDHILL, Ben Quentin appointed
    director
  27. 2004-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 54 BARNSBURY ROAD LIMITED
  28. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    BLAKENEY, Michael Francis appointed
    director
  29. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    DAVIES, Roger Guy appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    DAVIES, Tom Daniel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Michael Francis Blakeney
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Cofton Church Lane
Cofton Hackett
Birmingham
B45 8PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BLAKENEY, Michael Francis→
secretary · appointed 2011-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKENEY, Michael Francis→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-19
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Active
OXLEY, Simon George→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RODGERS, Samuel→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Roger Guy→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2006-03-17
Resigned
DAVISON, James Rupert→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2011-01-17
Resigned
DAVIES, Tom Daniel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2005-08-12
Resigned
DAVISON, James Rupert→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2022-04-22
Resigned
GLEDHILL, Ben Quentin→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-05-07 · resigned 2006-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-18