BURTON FARM BARNS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05384603 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-08
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    SMITH, Jonathon Samuel Longfellow appointed
    director
  4. 2024-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-03-04
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    SHAW, Ben resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-03-04
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    SHAW, Ben resigned
    director
  7. 2024-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-03-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-09-14
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    WILLMOTT, Shelagh resigned
    director
  15. 2019-09-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  16. 2019-09-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-08-24
    ➕
    REVELL, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-26
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    WILLMOTT, Shelagh resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-06-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2019-06-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  21. 2019-06-25
    ➕
    SHAW, Ben appointed
    secretary
  22. 2019-06-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  23. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2014-11-07
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    SHAW, Ben appointed
    director
  25. 2014-11-07
    ➖
    WARD, Timothy Peter, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2014-03-01
    ➕
    WILLMOTT, Shelagh appointed
    secretary
  27. 2014-03-01
    ➖
    WILLMOTT, William John resigned
    secretary
  28. 2014-03-01
    ➕
    WILLMOTT, Shelagh appointed
    director
  29. 2014-03-01
    ➖
    WILLMOTT, William John resigned
    director
  30. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    CURRIE, Benedict Austin appointed
    director
  31. 2005-06-28
    ➖
    CHURCH, Graham Paul resigned
    director
  32. 2005-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BURTON FARM BARNS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  33. 2005-03-07
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Iain James Burnett appointed
    director
  34. 2005-03-07
    ➕
    WILLMOTT, William John appointed
    secretary
  35. 2005-03-07
    ➕
    CHURCH, Graham Paul appointed
    director
  36. 2005-03-07
    ➕
    WARD, Timothy Peter, Dr appointed
    director
  37. 2005-03-07
    ➕
    WILLMOTT, William John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Pilasters
Pitt Court Curry Rivel
Langport
Somerset
TA10 0PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

CURRIE, Benedict Austin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLOWAY, Iain James Burnett→
director · ~87y · appointed 2005-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REVELL, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Jonathon Samuel Longfellow→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Ben→
secretary · appointed 2019-06-25 · resigned 2024-03-04
Resigned
WILLMOTT, Shelagh→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-01 · resigned 2019-06-26
Resigned
WILLMOTT, William John→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-07 · resigned 2014-03-01
Resigned
CHURCH, Graham Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-03-07 · resigned 2005-06-28
Resigned
SHAW, Ben→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-11-07 · resigned 2024-03-04
Resigned
WARD, Timothy Peter, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-03-07 · resigned 2014-11-07
Resigned
WILLMOTT, Shelagh→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-03-01 · resigned 2019-09-14
Resigned
WILLMOTT, William John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2005-03-07 · resigned 2014-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17