BARENTSBURG INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12042673 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-10
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
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-20
    IVES, Judy Anne appointed
    director
  6. 2022-08-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-08-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-08-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-08-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-08-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-08-19
    GARBUTT, Christopher Michael appointed
    director
  12. 2022-08-19
    WHITING, Peter John resigned
    director
  13. 2021-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-06-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARENTSBURG INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2019-06-10
    WHITING, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Michael Garbutt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
5075%
50-75% shares19/08/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter John Whitingceased 20/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Unit 3 Cristal Business Park
Knightsdale Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 4JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GARBUTT, Christopher Michael
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-08-19
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Active
IVES, Judy Anne
director · ~69y · appointed 2022-08-20
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Active
WHITING, Peter John
director · ~83y · appointed 2019-06-10 · resigned 2022-08-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09