BARBACOA LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13368646 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-30
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
22 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-06-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-16➕MADDISON, Joe appointeddirector
- 2023-02-10✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-02-06✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-02-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-12➖ELLIOTT, Wayne David resigneddirector
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BARBACOA LTD
- 2021-04-30➕ROBINSON, Paul Jeremy appointeddirector
- 2021-04-30➕ELLIOTT, Wayne David appointeddirector
- 2021-04-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Joe Maddison Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/05/2023 |
Mr Paul Jeremy Robinson Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/04/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Wayne David Elliottceased 12/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31020 — SIC 31020
Registered office
Barbacoa Barbacoa
Dakota Way, Skypark
Clyst Honiton, Exeter
EX5 2FL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MADDISON, Joe→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBINSON, Paul Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2021-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELLIOTT, Wayne David→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-04-30 · resigned 2022-09-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-06