BARNHAY HEALTHCARE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05655168 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: General medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-27📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2026-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-03-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2008-05-31➖MEW, Christopher John, Dr resigneddirector
- 2007-01-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The General Practice Finance Corporation Limited
- 2005-12-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BARNHAY HEALTHCARE LIMITED
- 2005-12-15➕BACKHOUSE, Paul Jonathan, Doctor appointedsecretary
- 2005-12-15➕BACKHOUSE, Paul Jonathan, Doctor appointeddirector
- 2005-12-15➕THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-12-15➖THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-12-15➕MEW, Christopher John, Dr appointeddirector
- 2005-12-15➕THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-12-15➖THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Paul Jonathan Backhouse Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sarah Backhouse Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities
Registered office
17-18 Leach Road Chard Business Park
Chard
Somerset
TA20 1FA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2028-02-29
Last made up to: 2026-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BACKHOUSE, Paul Jonathan, Doctor→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BACKHOUSE, Paul Jonathan, Doctor→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2005-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2005-12-15
MEW, Christopher John, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2008-05-31
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2005-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | The General Practice Finance Corporation The General Practice Finance Corporation Limited | Deed of legal charge | 1 property | 05/01/2007 | 17/03/2021 |
Recent filings (60 total)
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03