BARROW HEPBURN & GALE LTD
🌳Matureactive
09602735 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-21
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£242.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £242,302
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£12k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£242k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£73k
↑ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £242.3k | £215.5k |
| Current assets | £72.7k | £45.8k |
| Cash | £11.9k | £13.2k |
| Debtors | £49.7k | £29.3k |
| Net assets | £242.3k | £215.5k |
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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See pricing →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 (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-09➕PATRICK, Jennifer Lynne appointeddirector
- 2022-12-14📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-12-01➕SCRAGG, Angela appointedsecretary
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-07-26📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2018-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-10-29➖BLAKEMERE PLC resignedcorporate-director
- 2015-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BARROW HEPBURN & GALE LTD
- 2015-05-21➕SULEMAN, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2015-05-21➕BLAKEMERE PLC appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mohammed Suleman Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/07/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Dorney House
High Street
Burnham
SL1 7JP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
PATRICK, Jennifer Lynne→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-01-09
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SULEMAN, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2015-05-21
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BLAKEMERE PLC→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2015-05-21 · resigned 2017-10-29
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Recent filings (31 total)
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2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-02-24
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2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
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2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-02-27
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2022-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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