13 BARN CLOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05879946 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-07-18
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
55 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.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2007-03-15➖CREAVEN, Collette Ann resignedsecretary
- 2007-03-15➖CREAVEN, Collette Ann resigneddirector
- 2007-03-15➖CURTIS, Richard John Alexander resigneddirector
- 2007-03-14➕DUNKERLEY, Andrew William appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-14➕BUSFIELD, Alison, Dr appointeddirector
- 2007-03-14➕DUNKERLEY, Andrew William appointeddirector
- 2006-07-18🏢Company incorporatedAs 13 BARN CLOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2006-07-18➕CREAVEN, Collette Ann appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-18➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-07-18➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-07-18➕CREAVEN, Collette Ann appointeddirector
- 2006-07-18➕CURTIS, Richard John Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew William Dunkerley Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73 | — | 50–75% | 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Dr Alison Busfield Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACNESTIS CONSULTING LIMITED→ 13098168 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALLSPARS EOT LTD→ 16797549 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALY SWIMS CORNWALL LTD→ 15785123 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ANDREW MARKS UPHOLSTERY SERVICES LTD→ 08451425 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ANGEL FULFILMENT SERVICES LIMITED→ 05649401 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| AOE HEALTHCARE LTD→ 15507974 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| APPLIED TUBE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED→ 07143840 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| AQUASIS TANNING LTD→ 16015555 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARENA CREATIVE HAIR LTD→ 07422264 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| ARIANA CLEANING SERVICES LTD→ 15590912 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ARNG LIMITED→ 16491118 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100
Registered office
C/O Pablo Gutierrez, 1a Lower Fairfield
St Germans
Saltash
PL12 5NH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
DUNKERLEY, Andrew William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUSFIELD, Alison, Dr→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUNKERLEY, Andrew William→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CREAVEN, Collette Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2006-07-18
CREAVEN, Collette Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
CURTIS, Richard John Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13