BARRATT & COOKE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05378036 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-28

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Security and commodity contracts dealing activities

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-29
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move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2026-03-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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BARRATT, Charles William Legh resigned
director
2021-03-31
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officers · TM01
2021-03-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-09
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-31
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NICHOLSON, Roy Knollys Ellard resigned
director
2019-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-04-01
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SAVORY, Nigel Rudolph appointed
director
2016-04-01
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HUNTER, James Michael appointed
director
2016-03-31
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WARREN, Martin Kenneth resigned
director
2015-04-01
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PIERCY, Miles appointed
director
2014-08-18
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NICHOLSON, Roy Knollys Ellard appointed
director
2014-04-01
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BARRATT, Samuel Charles Legh appointed
secretary
2014-04-01
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MELLOR, William James appointed
director
2014-04-01
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WARREN, Martin Kenneth resigned
secretary
2014-03-31
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BARCLAY, Jonathan Robert resigned
director
2012-03-23
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HAMBRO, James Daryl resigned
director
2011-04-01
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BARRATT, Samuel Charles Legh appointed
director
2010-04-01
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BARRATT, Samuel Charles Legh appointed
director
2010-04-01
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BARRATT, Samuel Charles Legh resigned
director
2009-04-01
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BARRATT, William James appointed
director
2005-09-02
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WARD SMITH, William resigned
director
2005-04-18
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BARCLAY, Jonathan Robert resigned
secretary
2005-04-18
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WARREN, Martin Kenneth appointed
secretary
2005-04-01
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BARCLAY, Jonathan Robert appointed
director
2005-04-01
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HAMBRO, James Daryl appointed
director
2005-04-01
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WARD SMITH, William appointed
director
2005-04-01
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WARREN, Martin Kenneth appointed
director
2005-02-28
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Company incorporated
As BARRATT & COOKE LIMITED
2005-02-28
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BARCLAY, Jonathan Robert appointed
secretary
2005-02-28
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-28
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-28
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BARRATT, Charles William Legh appointed
director
2005-02-28
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-02-28
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARRATT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Barratt & Cooke Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Barratt & Cooke Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BARRATT & COOKE LIMITED

This company · 05378036

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
Barratt & Cooke Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	30/09/2016

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

Incorporated2005-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities

Registered office

First Floor

2 Hillside Business Park

Bury St. Edmunds

Suffolk

IP32 7EA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30