BAREFOOT CERAMICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05162525 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-24

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

68/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90040Operation of arts facilities

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

68/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,000

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,450 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 71% YoY

Current Assets

£0

↓ 100% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.0k	£3.5k
Current assets	£0	£450
Net assets	£1.0k	£3.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-15
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2025-03-22
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2024-04-19
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2023-04-11
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2022-03-30
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2021-06-26
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2020-03-31
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2019-06-11
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address · AD01
2019-03-29
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2018-03-30
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2017-07-18
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2017-07-18
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2017-03-30
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2016-07-20
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2016-03-18
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2015-07-07
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2004-06-24
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Company incorporated
As BAREFOOT CERAMICS LIMITED
2004-06-24
➕
JEFFERIES, Paul Brendon Haydon appointed
secretary
2004-06-24
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JEFFERIES, Fiona Mary appointed
director
2004-06-24
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JEFFERIES, Paul Brendon Haydon appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-02

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Brendon Haydon Jefferies Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/07/2017
Mrs Fiona Mary Jefferies Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/07/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

48 Upton Road

Newport

NP20 3EG

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-02OVERDUE

Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JEFFERIES, Paul Brendon Haydon→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-24

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JEFFERIES, Fiona Mary→

director · ~51y · appointed 2004-06-24

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JEFFERIES, Paul Brendon Haydon→

director · ~50y · appointed 2004-06-24

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