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.
🔒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
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 (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 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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-04-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-03-15
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    CREAVEN, Collette Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-15
    ➖
    CREAVEN, Collette Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2007-03-15
    ➖
    CURTIS, Richard John Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2007-03-14
    ➕
    DUNKERLEY, Andrew William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-03-14
    ➕
    BUSFIELD, Alison, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2007-03-14
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    DUNKERLEY, Andrew William appointed
    director
  24. 2006-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 13 BARN CLOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  25. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    CREAVEN, Collette Ann appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-07-18
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-07-18
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    CREAVEN, Collette Ann appointed
    director
  29. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    CURTIS, Richard John Alexander appointed
    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 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 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.
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew William Dunkerley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
—50–75%50-75% voting06/04/2016
Dr Alison Busfield
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
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→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSFIELD, Alison, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNKERLEY, Andrew William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREAVEN, Collette Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2006-07-18
Resigned
CREAVEN, Collette Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
Resigned
CURTIS, Richard John Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2007-03-15
Resigned

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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