BAROQUE HOUSE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10840175 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-28
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 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 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-06-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BAROQUE HOUSE LIMITED
  16. 2017-06-28
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Thomas David Jack appointed
    director
  17. 2017-06-28
    ➕
    SOWERBY, Terence appointed
    director
  18. 2017-06-28
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Thomas David Jack O'Brien
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/06/2017
Mr Terence Sowerby
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/06/2017

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
Incorporated2017-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

7 Princes Square
Harrogate
HG1 1ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'BRIEN, Thomas David Jack→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-06-28
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Active
SOWERBY, Terence→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31