BARR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC060291 · ltd · incorporated 1976-06-29

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

84 live charges · 10 lenders · oldest 33.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 33.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 10 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

84 charges (84/84 with lender, 84/84 with type)

Directors & officers

37 officers (5 active, 37 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

384 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (253 events)Click to expand

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Charge satisfied #75
2019-12-17
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2019-12-11
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Charge satisfied #80
2019-12-11
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Charge satisfied #74
2019-05-03
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MONEY, Gavin resigned
director
2019-01-01
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MILLIGAN, Leanne appointed
director
2018-12-31
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MACDONALD, Ronald Sutherland resigned
director
2018-05-31
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CLARK, Ronald Alan resigned
director
2017-09-30
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CHALMERS, John Barclay resigned
director
2017-09-30
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WEIR, William Simpson resigned
director
2015-06-22
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HAMILL, Stephen Andrew Samuel resigned
director
2015-01-19
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O'NEILL, David Conor appointed
director
2014-10-31
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MORROW, Colin David resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Mclaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mclaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BARR LIMITED

This company · SC060291

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mclaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1976-06-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Heathfield House Phoenix Crescent

Strathclyde Business Park

Bellshill

North Lanarkshire

ML4 3NJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last: 2025-06-15