CLARES BARN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06708191 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-25
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
£1.79M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,792,531

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1.8m
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£1.80M
Net assets£1.79M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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  2. 2025-07-04
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  3. 2025-07-04
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  4. 2025-04-10
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  5. 2025-04-10
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  6. 2025-03-27
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  7. 2025-03-27
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  8. 2025-03-17
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    HUGHES, Alistair Charles appointed
    director
  9. 2025-03-17
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    HUGHES, Jonathan Adam appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-31
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  11. 2024-01-02
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  12. 2023-01-03
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  13. 2022-11-02
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  14. 2022-07-23
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    HUGHES, Keith Charles resigned
    director
  15. 2022-01-04
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  16. 2021-03-09
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  17. 2019-12-17
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  18. 2018-12-22
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  19. 2017-12-18
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  20. 2017-10-11
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  21. 2008-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CLARES BARN LIMITED
  22. 2008-09-25
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    HUGHES, Denise Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-09-25
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    HUGHES, Denise Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-25
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    HUGHES, Keith Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HUGHES, Alistair Charles (same surname) appointed 2025-03-17. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Anne Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Keith Charles Hughesceased 09/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2008-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Clares Barn Farm Sheepy Road
Twycross
Atherstone
Warwickshire
CV9 3PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HUGHES, Denise Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-25
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Active
HUGHES, Alistair Charles→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-03-17
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Active
HUGHES, Denise Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-09-25
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Active
HUGHES, Jonathan Adam→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-03-17
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Active
HUGHES, Keith Charles→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-09-25 · resigned 2022-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-02