ARMCO-BARRIERS4U LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11200787 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-12
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£59.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £59,073
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,588 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£59k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 67% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£33k£50k£67k£84kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£72.0k£98.5k
Current assets£9.4k£28.4k
Cash£9.2k£29.9k
Debtors£219£-1.4k
Net assets£59.1k£83.7k

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. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-27
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  7. 2021-08-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-08-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-08-20
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Robert appointed
    director
  12. 2020-08-20
    ➖
    DIBBLE, Kelly resigned
    director
  13. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2019-05-07
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2018-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ARMCO-BARRIERS4U LTD
  17. 2018-02-12
    ➕
    DIBBLE, Kelly appointed
    director
  18. 2018-02-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

St Mary's House Crewe Road
Alsager
Stoke-On-Trent
ST7 2EW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Jacqueline→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIBBLE, Kelly→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-02-12 · resigned 2020-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-21