BARBOUR HOLDINGS LIMITED

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SC277445 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-15
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£955.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £954,965
Net assets shrinking
Down £81,791 YoY
Cash YoY
+229%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£698k
↑ 229% YoY
Net Worth
£955k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£824k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£207k£415k£622k£829k£1.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£966.8k£1.04M
Current assets£824.3k£956.9k
Cash£698.0k£212.1k
Debtors£126.4k£744.7k
Net assets£955.0k£1.04M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2021-09-23
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  6. 2020-12-16
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  7. 2019-10-03
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  8. 2018-07-12
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  9. 2017-10-09
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  10. 2016-10-13
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2014-12-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-09-23
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  15. 2014-09-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2004-12-20
    ➕
    BARBOUR, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2004-12-20
    ➕
    BARBOUR, Norman Cameron Smith appointed
    director
  18. 2004-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As BARBOUR HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2004-12-15
    ➕
    BARBOUR, Kenneth James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-12-15
    ➕
    BARBOUR, James appointed
    director
  21. 2004-12-15
    ➕
    BARBOUR, Kenneth James appointed
    director
  22. 2004-12-15
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-12-15
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-12-15
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-12-15
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARBOUR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Thomas Barbour
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Norman Cameron Smith Barbour
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Kenneth James Barbour
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

570 - 572 Lawmoor Street
Dixons Blazes Industrial Estate
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G5 0TY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BARBOUR, Kenneth James→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBOUR, Alan Thomas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBOUR, James→
director · ~86y · appointed 2004-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBOUR, Kenneth James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBOUR, Norman Cameron Smith→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-15 · resigned 2004-12-15
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-15 · resigned 2004-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-08