BARNES ASSOCIATES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10438116 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-20
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71112Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees700600

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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNES ASSOCIATES LTD
  16. 2016-10-20
    ➕
    BARNES, Ian appointed
    director
  17. 2016-10-20
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    BARNES, Susan appointed
    director
  18. 2016-10-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

94/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARNES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/10/2016
Mrs Susan Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

The Bungalow Wetherby Road
Boroughbridge
York
YO51 9HS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARNES, Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-10-20
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Active
BARNES, Susan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-10-20
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28