BARNES AND SHIRLEY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12357731 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-10
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 73110Advertising agencies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees800200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Creative Growth Finance Limited
  3. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-04-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2022-04-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2022-04-12
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-12-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2019-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNES AND SHIRLEY LTD
  22. 2019-12-10
    ➕
    BARNES, Benjamin Wasdale appointed
    director
  23. 2019-12-10
    ➕
    SHIRLEY, John James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 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 62. 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 Benjamin Wasdale Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/12/2019
Mr John James Shirley
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/12/2019

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
Incorporated2019-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

2 Church Street
Crewkerne
TA18 7HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARNES, Benjamin Wasdale→
director · ~34y · appointed 2019-12-10
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Active
SHIRLEY, John James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-12-10
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Creative Growth Finance
Creative Growth Finance Limited
A registered charge3 properties23/06/2026—
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Recent filings (28 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-23