BARKING BRICKWORK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08874335 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-04
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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, 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-23
    BURLING, Thomas Robert Anthony appointed
    director
  6. 2022-11-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-11-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-11-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-11-15
    BURLING, Carmel resigned
    director
  10. 2021-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-02-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BARKING BRICKWORK LIMITED
  19. 2014-02-04
    BURLING, Carmel 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 70 — 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 70 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Robert Anthony Burling
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Carmel Burlingceased 15/11/2022· 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
Incorporated2014-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Flat 6 6 Palmeira Mansions
Palmeira Avenue
Westcliff On Sea
Essex
SS0 7RW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BURLING, Thomas Robert Anthony
director · ~70y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Active
BURLING, Carmel
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-02-04 · resigned 2022-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05