BARRINGTON ORGANIC PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06499232 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£75.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 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
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £75,791
Net assets shrinking
Down £66,969 YoY
Cash YoY
-24%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£108k
↓ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£76k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£110k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £75.8k | £142.8k |
| Current assets | £110.1k | £161.5k |
| Cash | £108.4k | £143.2k |
| Debtors | £1.7k | £18.3k |
| Net assets | £75.8k | £142.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-03-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2008-02-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BARRINGTON ORGANIC PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- 2008-02-11➕KING, Rosemary appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-11➕KING, Andrew George appointeddirector
- 2008-02-11➕KING, Rosemary Anne appointeddirector
- 2008-02-11➕QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-02-11➖QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-02-11➕QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-02-11➖QA NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rosemary Anne King Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | 25–50% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 11/02/2017 |
Mr Andrew George King Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
Hedgerow Cottage Denman's Lane
Barrington
Ilminster
Somerset
TA19 9NN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
KING, Andrew George→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KING, Rosemary Anne→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2008-02-11
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-11 · resigned 2008-02-11
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-02-11 · resigned 2008-02-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/03/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30