BARLOWS OF BELVOIR LTD

🌳Matureactive
08902784 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-75.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10390
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £75,364

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£75k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£75k-£58k-£40k-£22k-£5k£13kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-74.6k£-66.7k
Current assets£9.6k£13.2k
Net assets£-75.4k£-68.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2018-03-26
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2018-03-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-03-13
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-01-30
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    FARMER, Rachel Selina, Dr resigned
    director
  14. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BARLOWS OF BELVOIR LTD
  16. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    ALLEN, Graham Michael appointed
    director
  17. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    SLATER, Andrew John appointed
    director
  18. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    STANLEY, Hazel Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2014-02-19
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    FARMER, Rachel Selina, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 Graham Michael Allen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Hazel Margaret Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr Rachel Selina Farmerceased 30/01/2018· 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
Incorporated2014-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

11 High Street
Ruddington
Nottingham
NG11 6DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ALLEN, Graham Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-02-19
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Active
SLATER, Andrew John→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-02-19
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Active
STANLEY, Hazel Margaret→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARMER, Rachel Selina, Dr→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-02-19 · resigned 2018-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-13