BARTON & DAVIES (JEAN SALOON) LIMITED

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SC050536 · ltd · incorporated 1972-05-12
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.61M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 49.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 49.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,609,499
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£129k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£582k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£322k£644k£966k£1.3m£1.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.68M£1.67M
Current assets£581.5k£611.6k
Cash£129.2k£171.3k
Debtors£452.3k£440.2k
Net assets£1.61M£1.60M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2025-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-08-02
    ➕
    REID, Joshua Jack appointed
    director
  9. 2022-08-02
    ➕
    REID, Lewis Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2015-07-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2015-01-07
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    BARTON, Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-03
    ➖
    BARTON, Peter Leon John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-10-03
    ➖
    BARTON, Peter Leon John resigned
    director
  23. 1976-06-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland
  24. 1972-05-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARTON & DAVIES (JEAN SALOON) LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Andrew Largie Reid
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

97 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 9AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BARTON, Margaret→
director · ~89y · appointed 2015-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Ian Andrew Largie→
director · ~63y
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Active
REID, Joshua Jack→
director · ~28y · appointed 2022-08-02
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Active
REID, Lewis Andrew→
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-08-02
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Active
BARTON, Peter Leon John→
secretary · resigned 2012-10-03
Resigned
BARTON, Peter Leon John→
director · ~94y · resigned 2012-10-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property11/06/197618/11/2025

Recent filings (101 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11