BARDEN FABRICATION & INSTALLATION LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15604341 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BARDEN FABRICATION & INSTALLATION LTD
- 2024-03-30➕BARDEN, Jake appointeddirector
- 2024-03-30➕BARDEN, Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-03-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
94/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BARDEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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 Jake Barden Individual · English · DOB 09/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/03/2024 |
Mr Paul Barden Individual · English · DOB 03/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/03/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Malt House Farm Tern Lane
Longdon-Upon-Tern
Telford
TF6 6LN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BARDEN, Jake→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2024-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARDEN, Paul→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2024-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (10 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-30