BARGH HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06522946 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-04
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees3100

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
    SMITH, Benjamin Andrew appointed
    director
  2. 2025-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-21
    HODSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-10-24
    WHITWORTH, Richard appointed
    director
  9. 2024-03-07
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2024-03-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2024-03-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2008-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARGH HOLDINGS LIMITED
  22. 2008-03-04
    BARGH, Ivan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-03-04
    BARGH, Kinburn appointed
    director
  24. 2008-03-04
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-03-04
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-03-04
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2008-03-04
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Falcon Trunking Systems (Eot) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Falcon Trunking Systems (Eot) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BARGH HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06522946

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Falcon Trunking Systems (Eot) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/02/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Ian Barghceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Kinburn Barghceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Ivan Barghceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Butterworth Street
Littleborough
Lancashire
OL15 8JS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BARGH, Ivan
secretary · appointed 2008-03-04
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Active
BARGH, Kinburn
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-03-04
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Active
HODSON, Christopher
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-03-21
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Active
SMITH, Benjamin Andrew
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-11-06
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Active
WHITWORTH, Richard
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-10-24
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-03-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21