G & A BARNIE GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC265415 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-24

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 22.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (9 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

123 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,187,797

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Profit before tax	£2.19M	£2.65M
Average employees	426	38600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-25
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mortgage · MR01
2024-04-24
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-02-21
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accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2021-03-25
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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officers · AP01
2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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2021-03-11
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2021-02-26
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GUNN, Steven Alexander appointed
director
2021-02-26
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ROE, Iain Douglas appointed
director
2021-02-26
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Sheila Begg Barnie (As Security Trustee)
2015-07-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-07-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-06-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-04-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2004-05-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-03-24
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Company incorporated
As G & A BARNIE GROUP LIMITED
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
secretary
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Alexander appointed
director
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Davina appointed
director
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Gordon appointed
director
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Rosemary Jane appointed
director
2004-03-24
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BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
director
2004-03-24
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MCKIDDIE, David Gordon appointed
director
2004-03-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
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2004-03-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARNIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

G & A Barnie Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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G & A Barnie Group Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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G & A BARNIE GROUP LIMITED

This company · SC265415

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
G & A Barnie Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	26/02/2021

6 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alexander Barnieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence
Mr Gordon Barnieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence
Mr David Gordon Mckiddieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence
Ms Rosemary Jane Barnieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence
Mrs Sheila Begg Barnieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence
Mrs Davina Barnieceased 26/02/2021· significant influence

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.

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8 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

Incorporated2004-03-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

16 Carsegate Road South

Inverness

IV3 8LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23