BARNES FITNESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08787035 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-22
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£7.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,312
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,543 YoY
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£13k£17k£21kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£8.1k£12.1k
Current assets£21.0k£15.7k
Cash£21.0k£14.5k
Debtors—£1.2k
Net assets£7.3k£11.9k

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

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1 signal 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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-06
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  2. 2026-06-06
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  3. 2026-06-04
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  4. 2026-06-04
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  5. 2026-02-20
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  6. 2025-11-24
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  7. 2025-11-24
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  8. 2025-01-13
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  9. 2024-02-19
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  10. 2023-01-23
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  11. 2022-02-09
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  12. 2021-01-06
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  13. 2020-11-04
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  14. 2020-04-20
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  15. 2019-04-26
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  16. 2018-02-23
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  17. 2013-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNES FITNESS LIMITED
  18. 2013-11-22
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    GOSLING, Ellen Victoria appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-22
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    GOSLING, Ian Edwin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +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

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Edwin Gosling
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Ellen Victoria Gosling
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Ellen Victoria Goslingceased 22/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Ian Edwin Goslingceased 22/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Unit 4d, Lansbury Business Estate 102 Lower Guildford Road
Knaphill
Woking
Surrey
GU21 2EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GOSLING, Ellen Victoria→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-11-22
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Active
GOSLING, Ian Edwin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-11-22
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Recent filings (36 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-06
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officers · CH01
2026-06-04
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officers · CH01
2026-06-04
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accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09