BARCELINEBABES LTD

🌱Startupactive
16613456 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-29
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18130
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 59112Video production activities
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 73120Media representation services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARCELINEBABES LTD
  2. 2025-07-29
    SOLOMON, Hassan appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-29
    SOLOMON, Quadri appointed
    director
  4. 2025-07-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

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

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Barceline Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BARCELINEBABES LTD
This company · 16613456

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barceline Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/07/2025
Mr Quadri Solomon
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 08/1998 · age 28
sig. influencesignificant influence29/07/2025
Mr Hassan Solomon
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 06/2000 · age 26
sig. influencesignificant influence29/07/2025

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
Incorporated2025-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18130 — SIC 18130

Registered office

46 Sentinel House Surrey Street
Norwich
NR1 3NE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SOLOMON, Hassan
director · ~26y · appointed 2025-07-29
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SOLOMON, Quadri
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-07-29
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-29