BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED

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SC284142 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED
  17. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Davina appointed
    director
  20. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Rosemary Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    MCKIDDIE, David Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-05-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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 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.)

Group structure

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

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G&A Barnie Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED
This company · SC284142

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
G&A Barnie Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

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: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (7 active · 1 resigned)

BARNIE, Sheila Begg→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNIE, Alexander→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNIE, Davina→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNIE, Gordon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNIE, Rosemary Jane→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNIE, Sheila Begg→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKIDDIE, David Gordon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2005-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-06