BARRCLAY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05665145 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-03
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£268.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £268,834
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,431 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£151k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Net Worth
£269k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£57k£115k£172k£229k£286kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£268.8k£286.3k
Current assets£167.8k£181.3k
Cash£151.2k£161.1k
Debtors£16.6k£20.2k
Net assets£268.8k£286.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-02
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  3. 2025-09-08
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  4. 2025-03-10
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  5. 2023-09-05
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  6. 2022-10-12
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  7. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2020-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2018-09-04
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  12. 2018-03-22
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  13. 2016-09-01
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  14. 2016-01-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-07-01
    ➕
    ZHANG, Xiuru appointed
    director
  17. 2006-06-21
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    BARRETT, Clive Cyril Patrick resigned
    director
  18. 2006-01-05
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-01-05
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan appointed
    director
  20. 2006-01-05
    ➕
    BARRETT, Clive Cyril Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-04
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-04
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BARRCLAY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  24. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glanville Vaughan Clayton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Phillips Chartered Accountants 4 Pearson Road
Central Park
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 9TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-05
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Active
CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-01-05
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Active
ZHANG, Xiuru→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-07-01
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Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2006-01-04
Resigned
BARRETT, Clive Cyril Patrick→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-01-05 · resigned 2006-06-21
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2006-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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officers · CH01
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2026-02-02
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2026-01-12
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accounts · AA
2025-09-08
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accounts · AA
2025-03-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-07