BARNBY DUN LIMITED
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -95% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £22.5k | £23.3k |
| Current assets | £23.6k | £24.4k |
| Cash | £1.1k | £20.4k |
| Debtors | £18.8k | £321 |
| Net assets | £22.5k | £23.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BARNBY DUN LIMITED
- 2016-11-01➕CORNEY, Martin Trevor appointeddirector
- 2016-11-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Trevor Corney Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/11/2016 |
Chester Martin Trevor Corney Individual · British · DOB 04/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/11/2016 |
Christopher Edward Harrison Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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