BROADWAY (BARROW) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08672966 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BROADWAY (BARROW) LIMITED
  17. 2013-09-02
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    LUCAS, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  18. 2013-09-02
    ➕
    LUCAS, Richard Arthur Leslie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 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.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Lucas
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

C/O Christian Douglass Accountants Limited The Old Stables
Edenhall
Penrith
CA11 8ST
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUCAS, Jacqueline→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-09-02
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LUCAS, Richard Arthur Leslie→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-09-02
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30