NEWTON-BARR LIMITED

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SC173235 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.6y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
130 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-11-28
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  3. 2023-11-21
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  4. 2023-11-09
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  5. 2023-11-09
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  6. 2022-11-23
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  7. 2021-11-30
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  8. 2020-12-14
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  9. 2019-11-28
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  10. 2018-12-05
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  11. 2017-12-01
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  12. 2017-04-05
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  13. 2017-03-31
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    CAMPBELL, Andrew Charles resigned
    director
  14. 2016-11-29
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  15. 2016-03-14
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  16. 2016-03-01
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    DAWSON, Gerald William resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-03-01
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    DAWSON, Gerald William resigned
    director
  18. 2015-11-15
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    FODEN, Geoffrey Richard resigned
    director
  19. 2006-09-30
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    SLOAN, Ronald Kenneth resigned
    director
  20. 2006-04-18
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    EDDIE, John resigned
    director
  21. 2004-10-13
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    MCCOLL, Cameron resigned
    director
  22. 2003-07-01
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    EDDIE, John appointed
    director
  23. 2002-12-01
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    SLOAN, Ronald Kenneth appointed
    director
  24. 2000-12-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2000-12-07
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    DAWSON, Gerald William appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-12-07
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-09-30
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    BORTHWICK, Steven Erik resigned
    director
  28. 1999-01-06
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    MCCOLL, Cameron appointed
    director
  29. 1998-07-01
    ➕
    FODEN, Geoffrey Richard appointed
    director
  30. 1998-04-20
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    SEYDAK, Gerard Joseph appointed
    director
  31. 1998-04-20
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    BORTHWICK, Steven Erik appointed
    director
  32. 1998-04-20
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    CAMPBELL, Andrew Charles appointed
    director
  33. 1998-04-20
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    COUTTS, Maureen Sheila resigned
    nominee-director
  34. 1998-04-20
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    DAWSON, Gerald William appointed
    director
  35. 1998-04-20
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    POLSON, Michael Buchanan resigned
    nominee-director
  36. 1997-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As NEWTON-BARR LIMITED
  37. 1997-03-06
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1997-03-06
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1997-03-06
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  40. 1997-03-06
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    COUTTS, Maureen Sheila appointed
    nominee-director
  41. 1997-03-06
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    POLSON, Michael Buchanan appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Charles Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016
Mr Gerard Joseph Seydak
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

40 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

SEYDAK, Gerard Joseph→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-04-20
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Active
DAWSON, Gerald William→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-07 · resigned 2016-03-01
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-06 · resigned 1997-03-06
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-03-06 · resigned 2000-12-07
Resigned
BORTHWICK, Steven Erik→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1999-09-30
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Andrew Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
COUTTS, Maureen Sheila→
nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-06 · resigned 1998-04-20
Resigned
DAWSON, Gerald William→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 2016-03-01
Resigned
EDDIE, John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2006-04-18
Resigned
FODEN, Geoffrey Richard→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 2015-11-15
Resigned
MCCOLL, Cameron→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-01-06 · resigned 2004-10-13
Resigned
POLSON, Michael Buchanan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 1997-03-06 · resigned 1998-04-20
Resigned
SLOAN, Ronald Kenneth→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property08/12/2000—
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Recent filings (130 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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2021-03-10
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2020-12-14
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2020-03-09