BARNES PRINT (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07166792 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-6.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,330
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,058 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
Net Worth
-£6k
↓ 194% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £16.7k | £9.2k |
| Current assets | £31.8k | £20.3k |
| Cash | £6.4k | — |
| Debtors | £25.4k | — |
| Net assets | £-6.3k | £6.7k |
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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25➖BARNES, Virginia Louise resigneddirector
- 2025-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-12-04➕COLMAN, Megan Rose appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BARNES PRINT (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED
- 2010-02-23➕BARNES, Virginia Louise appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-23➕BARNES, Simon Peter appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23➕REDDINGS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-02-23➖REDDINGS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-02-23➕BARNES, Virginia Louise appointeddirector
- 2010-02-23➕REDDING, Diana Elizabeth appointednominee-director
- 2010-02-23➖REDDING, Diana Elizabeth resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARNES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Megan Rose Colman Individual · British · DOB 12/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 09/12/2025 |
Mr Simon Peter Barnes Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/02/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Megan Colmanceased 09/12/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Virginia Louise Barnesceased 02/10/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
30 Fakenham Road
Beetley
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 4BT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BARNES, Virginia Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARNES, Simon Peter→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLMAN, Megan Rose→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2013-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REDDINGS COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
BARNES, Virginia Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2025-11-25
REDDING, Diana Elizabeth→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26