BARDEN STRATEGIC ALIGNMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06401006 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£68.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £68,576
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,679 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£69k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£68.6k£100.3k
Current assets£17.5k£29.6k
Net assets£68.6k£100.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-09-23
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-11-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH, James Frederick resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH, James Frederick resigned
    director
  14. 2020-06-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2011-11-30
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    SMITH, James Frederick appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-17
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-10-17
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2007-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARDEN STRATEGIC ALIGNMENTS LIMITED
  22. 2007-10-16
    ➕
    BARDEN-STYLIANOU, Stelios Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-16
    ➕
    SMITH, James Frederick appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-10-16
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2007-10-16
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-09-23: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sibylle Barden-Furchtenicht
Individual · German · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/12/2018
Mr Stelios Stephen Barden-Stylianou
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

3 Hillcroft Avenue
Purley
Surrey
CR8 3DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BARDEN-STYLIANOU, Stelios Stephen→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, James Frederick→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2007-10-17
Resigned
SMITH, James Frederick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-11-30 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-16 · resigned 2007-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10