BARN CLOSE STORAGE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06877377 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 17.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £834.4k |
| Current assets | — | £124.2k |
| Net assets | — | £174.3k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-07➕CLARK, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2020-10-07➕DIMSDALE, Thomas Edward appointeddirector
- 2020-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2009-05-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BARN CLOSE STORAGE LIMITED
- 2009-04-15➕DIMSDALE, Catherine Mary appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-15➕CLARK, Andrew Alfred appointeddirector
- 2009-04-15➕DIMSDALE, Wilfrid Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Wilfrid Thomas Dimsdale Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Alfred Clark Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Cambridge House Camboro Business Park
Girton
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0QH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
DIMSDALE, Catherine Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-04-15
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CLARK, Andrew Alfred→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2009-04-15
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CLARK, Matthew James→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-10-07
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DIMSDALE, Thomas Edward→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-10-07
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DIMSDALE, Wilfrid Thomas→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2009-04-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 07/05/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-04-01