BARSTOW AND PORTLAND LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10227380 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BARSTOW AND PORTLAND LIMITED
- 2016-06-11➕JONES, Keith Robert appointeddirector
- 2016-06-11➕JONES, Michael Philip appointeddirector
- 2016-06-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Lower Leason Farm Llanrhidian
Swansea
Swansea
SA3 1HB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JONES, Keith Robert→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Michael Philip→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (21 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-25