BARBARAVILLE IMPROVEMENT GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC212569 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-11-03

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£39.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

22 officers (5 active, 22 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £39,544

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£40k

↑ 2.1% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£39.5k	£38.7k
Current assets	£8.7k	£6.6k
Net assets	£39.5k	£38.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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SPICER, Jaclyn Mhairi appointed
director
2026-04-01
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officers · AP01
2025-11-17
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officers · CH01
2025-11-17
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officers · TM01
2025-11-02
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MACKENZIE, Neil resigned
director
2025-08-26
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accounts · AA
2024-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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accounts · AA
2018-11-14
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officers · TM01
2018-11-06
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SCOTT, Keiron resigned
director
2018-08-26
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2017-08-26
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2016-08-25
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accounts · AA
2015-11-26
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annual-return · AR01
2013-10-31
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BRUCE, Brian resigned
director
2011-10-23
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BREMNER, Freda resigned
director
2010-11-27
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MACKENZIE, Neil appointed
director
2010-11-26
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ROBERTS, Jaqueline appointed
director
2010-11-25
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HENDERSON GRAY, Gail resigned
director
2010-11-25
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PIRRIE, Munro resigned
director
2010-11-25
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SCOTT, Keiron appointed
director
2008-01-18
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HUTCHISON, Avril resigned
director
2008-01-15
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BRUCE, Angela Jane resigned
director
2006-03-14
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ANDERSON, Thomas Dunlop appointed
secretary
2005-10-25
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SUTHERLAND, James William resigned
director
2005-08-31
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BREMNER, Freda resigned
secretary
2005-05-31
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BRUCE, Angela Jane appointed
director
2005-05-31
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HENDERSON GRAY, Gail appointed
director
2005-05-31
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HUTCHISON, Avril appointed
director
2004-07-01
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RHIND, Kevin resigned
director
2003-11-25
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FAWCETT, David resigned
director
2003-11-25
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VALENTINE, Lorna Innes resigned
director
2003-10-28
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CAIRNCROSS, Michael resigned
director
2003-04-29
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BREMNER, Freda appointed
director
2003-04-29
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MACKENZIE, Neil resigned
director
2003-04-29
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MACLEOD, Ann Elizabeth resigned
director
2003-04-29
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PIRRIE, Munro appointed
director
2002-10-29
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BREMNER, Freda appointed
secretary
2002-08-24
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ILETT, Stephen George resigned
secretary
2001-07-31
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SUTHERLAND, James William appointed
director
2000-11-03
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Company incorporated
As BARBARAVILLE IMPROVEMENT GROUP LIMITED
2000-11-03
➕
ANDERSON, Thomas Dunlop appointed
director
2000-11-03
➕
HOLGATE, Louisa Laura appointed
director
2000-11-03
➕
ILETT, Stephen George appointed
secretary
2000-11-03
➕
BRUCE, Brian appointed
director
2000-11-03
➕
CAIRNCROSS, Michael appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2000-11-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Iolair

Barbaraville

Invergordon

Ross-Shire

IV18 0NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (5 active · 17 resigned)

ANDERSON, Thomas Dunlop→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-14

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Active

ANDERSON, Thomas Dunlop→

director · ~79y · appointed 2000-11-03

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Active

HOLGATE, Louisa Laura→

director · ~84y · appointed 2000-11-03

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Active

ROBERTS, Jaqueline→

director · ~56y · appointed 2010-11-26

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Active

SPICER, Jaclyn Mhairi→

director · ~48y · appointed 2026-04-01

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Active

BREMNER, Freda→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2005-08-31

Resigned

ILETT, Stephen George→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2002-08-24

Resigned

BREMNER, Freda→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2011-10-23

Resigned

BRUCE, Angela Jane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-31 · resigned 2008-01-15

Resigned

BRUCE, Brian→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2013-10-31

Resigned

CAIRNCROSS, Michael→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2003-10-28

Resigned

FAWCETT, David→

director · ~89y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-25

Resigned

HENDERSON GRAY, Gail→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-05-31 · resigned 2010-11-25

Resigned

HUTCHISON, Avril→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-31 · resigned 2008-01-18

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Neil→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-11-27 · resigned 2025-11-02

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Neil→

director · ~61y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

MACLEOD, Ann Elizabeth→

director · ~70y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2003-04-29

Resigned

PIRRIE, Munro→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2010-11-25

Resigned

RHIND, Kevin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-11-03 · resigned 2004-07-01

Resigned

SCOTT, Keiron→

director · ~52y · appointed 2010-11-25 · resigned 2018-11-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

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2025-11-17

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officers · CH01

2025-11-17

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officers · TM01

2025-11-17

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2025-08-26

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2024-11-10

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2024-08-28

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2023-11-08

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2023-08-30

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2022-11-17

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2022-08-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-15

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accounts · AA

2021-08-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-12-09