BARRY'S SKIP HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06126399 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-23
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£8.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
50 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,933,646
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7.0m
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£8.9m
↑ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
£8.5m
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.8m£3.6m£5.4m£7.1m£8.9mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£9.13M£8.44M
Current assets£8.46M£7.76M
Cash£7.03M£6.18M
Debtors£1.42M£1.57M
Net assets£8.93M£8.23M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-03-12
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  4. 2023-05-31
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  5. 2022-08-04
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  6. 2021-03-03
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  7. 2020-07-03
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  8. 2019-05-23
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  9. 2018-05-17
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  10. 2018-03-21
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  11. 2018-03-08
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  12. 2018-03-01
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    FLANAGAN, Kevin Barry appointed
    director
  13. 2018-03-01
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    JENNIONS, Alison Flanagan appointed
    director
  14. 2017-05-23
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  15. 2016-05-26
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  16. 2016-02-29
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  17. 2015-05-22
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  18. 2007-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BARRY'S SKIP HIRE LIMITED
  19. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    FLANAGAN, Gerard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    FLANAGAN, Barry appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    FLANAGAN, Gerard appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-23
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-02-23
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-02-23
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    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-02-23
    ➖
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Barry Flanagan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/06/2016
Gerard Flanagan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/06/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

99 Stanley Road, Bootle
Liverpool
Merseyside
L20 7DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

FLANAGAN, Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-23
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Active
FLANAGAN, Barry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-02-23
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Active
FLANAGAN, Gerard→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-02-23
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Active
FLANAGAN, Kevin Barry→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-03-01
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Active
JENNIONS, Alison Flanagan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-03-01
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Active
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2007-02-23
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2007-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
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2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
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accounts · AA
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
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accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
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accounts · AA
2020-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
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accounts · AA
2019-05-23