BARDNEY INVESTMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06991296 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-14
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29100
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45190SIC 45190
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees3300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-11
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2019-02-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-01-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2019-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-13
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    officers · AP03
  15. 2018-07-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-07-01
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    JEFFERY, Harry Ernest appointed
    secretary
  17. 2018-07-01
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    HARRY JEFFERY & CO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-08-17
    ➕
    KELLY, William Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2013-07-29
    ➕
    SOWRAY, Terence Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    HARRY JEFFERY & CO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2012-01-19
    ➖
    JORDAN COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BARDNEY INVESTMENTS LTD
  24. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    IRWIN HOUSTON, Donald Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    JORDAN COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Rain Dance Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rain Dance Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BARDNEY INVESTMENTS LTD
This company · 06991296

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
Rain Dance Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/01/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Fascadale Ltdceased 31/01/2019· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Donald Francis Irwin Houstonceased 30/12/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2009-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29100 — SIC 29100

Registered office

St Lawrence 28 Station Road
Bardney
Lincoln
LN3 5UD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JEFFERY, Harry Ernest→
secretary · appointed 2018-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRWIN HOUSTON, Donald Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, William Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOWRAY, Terence Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRY JEFFERY & CO LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-01-19 · resigned 2018-07-01
Resigned
JORDAN COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-14 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16