BARROWMORE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08772299 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-12
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
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). 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: medium (70/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees9900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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  2. 2025-11-10
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-11-10
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-06
    FERGUSSON, Neil Vyvyan, Dr appointed
    director
  5. 2025-10-27
    MORRISON, Andrew Wright resigned
    director
  6. 2025-06-23
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  7. 2024-06-27
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  8. 2023-06-06
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  9. 2022-07-25
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  10. 2021-07-27
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  11. 2020-11-30
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  12. 2019-07-25
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  13. 2018-04-25
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  14. 2017-10-02
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  15. 2016-06-27
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  16. 2016-01-05
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  17. 2015-11-18
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  18. 2015-10-02
    HARRISON, Arthur Geoffrey resigned
    director
  19. 2013-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BARROWMORE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  20. 2013-11-12
    HAYCOCK, Patrick Mark John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-11-12
    HARRISON, Arthur Geoffrey appointed
    director
  22. 2013-11-12
    MORRISON, Andrew Wright appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Barrowmore Barnhouse Lane
Great Barrow
Chester
Cheshire
CH3 7JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HAYCOCK, Patrick Mark John
secretary · appointed 2013-11-12
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Active
FERGUSSON, Neil Vyvyan, Dr
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-11-06
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Active
HARRISON, Arthur Geoffrey
director · ~91y · appointed 2013-11-12 · resigned 2015-10-02
Resigned
MORRISON, Andrew Wright
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-11-12 · resigned 2025-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-26
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officers · AP01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04