BARKER HOGG LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC201102 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 19.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
83 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-01-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-01-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-11-10
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    BARRY, Morna May resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-16
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-05-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-02-05
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    BARRY, Michael John resigned
    director
  19. 2007-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2004-10-25
    ➖
    CARDWELL, Darren resigned
    director
  21. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    BARRY, Jonathan Marc appointed
    director
  23. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    BARRY, Lisa Melinda appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    BARRY, Michael John appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    BARRY, Morna May appointed
    director
  26. 2001-06-08
    ➕
    CARDWELL, Darren appointed
    director
  27. 1999-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BARKER HOGG LIMITED
  28. 1999-10-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-10-27
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-10-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-10-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Ms Lisa Melinda Barry
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Jonathon Marc Barry
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Morna May Barryceased 10/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Arrol House
9 Arrol Road
Glasgow
G40 3DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRY, Jonathan Marc→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRY, Lisa Melinda→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-27 · resigned 1999-10-27
Resigned
BARRY, Michael John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-06-08 · resigned 2007-02-05
Resigned
BARRY, Morna May→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-06-08 · resigned 2024-11-10
Resigned
CARDWELL, Darren→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-06-08 · resigned 2004-10-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-27 · resigned 1999-10-27
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
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/02/200716/05/2019

Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30