BARRINGTON INTERNATIONAL (SSS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07801707 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-07
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £462.4k |
| Current assets | — | £373.0k |
| Net assets | — | £332.4k |
| Average employees | 300 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-11-29➖ILOTT, Harriet resignedsecretary
- 2018-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-07-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-01-01➕BUTCHART, June appointeddirector
- 2011-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs BARRINGTON INTERNATIONAL (SSS) LIMITED
- 2011-10-07➕HOLFORD-WALKER, Edward Alan appointeddirector
- 2011-10-07➕ILOTT, Harriet appointedsecretary
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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 |
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Mr Edward Alan Holford-Walker Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
June Butchart Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
Holway House
Whatcombe
Blandford Forum
DT11 0NZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BUTCHART, June→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLFORD-WALKER, Edward Alan→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ILOTT, Harriet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-10-07 · resigned 2018-11-29
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-16