BARKING MAD ENTERPRISES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
07132878 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-22
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-140.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -83% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £140,180
Cash draining
Cash down 83% YoY
Cash YoY
-83%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 83% YoY
Net Worth
-£140k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£238k
↑ 50% 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 | £-136.8k | £-88.9k |
| Current assets | £238.2k | £159.2k |
| Cash | £1.6k | £9.2k |
| Debtors | £236.6k | £150.0k |
| Net assets | £-140.2k | £-95.5k |
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.
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 (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BARKING MAD ENTERPRISES LTD.
- 2010-01-22➕COULTER, Richard Ian appointeddirector
- 2010-01-22➕MADDY, John 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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 John Maddy Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2017 |
Mr Richard Ian Coulter Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2017 |
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
Incorporated2010-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
Middleshaw Head Middleshaw
Old Hutton
Kendal
Cumbria
LA8 0LZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
COULTER, Richard Ian→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2010-01-22
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Active
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-11