BARLEY PARK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14820173 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
    HARFORD, Jonathan Arthur resigned
    director
  2. 2026-07-06
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-05-21
    CHESTER, Jon resigned
    director
  6. 2025-01-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARLEY PARK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  8. 2023-04-21
    HARFORD, Kevin Robert appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-21
    CHESTER, Jon appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-21
    HARFORD, Jonathan Arthur appointed
    director
  11. 2023-04-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Luckton Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Luckton Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BARLEY PARK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 14820173

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Luckton Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/04/2023

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Holding company · SN postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ANGELSTAR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
14954512 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
APL SYNDICATE GROUP LTD
16510786 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ASPYR LTD
12479832 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
AUSTECH PROJECTS LIMITED
05101510 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
22y
B3 HOMES GROUP LTD
10663693 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
BAKERTRON INDUSTRIES101 LTD
16954610 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
BALLIVAR LIMITED
05493370 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
20y
BAMBOO SURFACES LIMITED
06575564 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
BARNUM COURT FREEHOLD LTD
11371478 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BARTHOLOMEW HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY (CORSHAM) LIMITED
01740096 · est 1983 · no financials extracted
42y
BATH ROAD (SWINDON) MANAGEMENT LIMITED
10661795 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
BATHWICK PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
06546462 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
18y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

9 Langley Road
Chippenham
SN15 1BP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HARFORD, Kevin Robert
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHESTER, Jon
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2025-05-21
Resigned
HARFORD, Jonathan Arthur
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2026-07-06
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-21