BARICH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07842069 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-10

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£34.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

63990Other information service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £34,829

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£35k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£34.8k	£34.8k
Current assets	£6.9k	£6.9k
Net assets	£34.8k	£34.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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2025-07-05
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2024-05-26
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2023-06-30
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2022-06-30
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2021-05-17
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2020-06-06
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2019-06-03
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2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-05-23
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accounts · AA
2016-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-12
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-11-10
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Company incorporated
As BARICH LIMITED
2011-11-10
➕
BARNARD, Julian Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Julian Richard Barnard Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-11-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

64 Holmbury Avenue

Crowthorne

Berkshire

RG45 6TQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BARNARD, Julian Richard→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-11-10

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