BARMARK HILL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08421608 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£54.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 35110SIC 35110
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £54,081
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,544 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£54k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £54.1k | £62.6k |
| Current assets | £38.5k | £46.4k |
| Net assets | £54.1k | £62.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Energiekontor UK LTD
- 2019-09-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-09-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-11-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Garcrogo Wf Limited
- 2013-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs BARMARK HILL LIMITED
- 2013-02-27➕WADSWORTH, Annie Christiane Danielle appointeddirector
- 2013-02-27➕WADSWORTH, David Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 82 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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Stuart Wadsworth Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80 | — | 50–75% | 50-75% voting | 07/04/2016 |
Annie Christiane Danielle Wadsworth Individual · British · DOB 12/1944 · age 82 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 07/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 DALE STREET LIMITED→ 03605359 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
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| ARGOS-INV LTD→ 12065493 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100
Registered office
29 Doneraile Street
London
SW6 6EL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WADSWORTH, Annie Christiane Danielle→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2013-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WADSWORTH, David Stuart→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2013-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Energiekontor UK Energiekontor UK LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/01/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Garcrogo Wf Garcrogo Wf Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/11/2014 | 26/09/2019 |
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-16