BARN CLIMBING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06348346 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-21

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£5.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,638

Cash YoY

+101%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 101% YoY

Net Worth

£6k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Cash	£3.3k	£1.6k
Net assets	£5.6k	£4.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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2022-06-06
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2021-06-28
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2020-06-10
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2019-06-11
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2018-08-28
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2018-05-29
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2017-06-08
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2017-05-26
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2010-04-01
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FULLER, Alice Marjorie, Ann appointed
director
2009-04-04
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YOUNG, Simon resigned
director
2007-08-21
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Company incorporated
As BARN CLIMBING LIMITED
2007-08-21
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MARTIN, Brian Raymond appointed
secretary
2007-08-21
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MARTIN, Brian Raymond appointed
director
2007-08-21
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-08-21
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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2007-08-21
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YOUNG, Simon appointed
director
2007-08-21
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
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2007-08-21
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brian Raymond Martin Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Ms Alice Marjorie Ann Fuller Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Sigma House Oak View Close

Edginswell Park

Torquay

Devon

TQ2 7FF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MARTIN, Brian Raymond→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-21

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Active

FULLER, Alice Marjorie, Ann→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

MARTIN, Brian Raymond→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-21

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Active

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2007-08-21

Resigned

YOUNG, Simon→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2009-04-04

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2007-08-21

Resigned

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