BORDERS SAFETY SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC343593 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-29
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-43.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £43,092

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£43k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£55k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£43k-£21k£178£22k£43k£65kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-43.1k£-32.3k
Current assets£55.4k£65.1k
Net assets£-43.1k£-32.3k

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-25
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-25
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  5. 2025-04-25
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  6. 2024-05-30
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  7. 2023-05-25
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  8. 2022-05-26
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  9. 2021-05-12
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  10. 2020-05-28
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  11. 2019-05-24
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  12. 2018-05-24
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  13. 2017-05-24
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  14. 2016-06-22
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  15. 2016-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-11-01
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    BARROWCLOUGH, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2008-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDERS SAFETY SUPPLIES LIMITED
  19. 2008-05-29
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    BARROWCLOUGH, Jennifer Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-29
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    BARROWCLOUGH, Dean Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dean Alan Barrowclough
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2008-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Riverside Mills
Dunsdalehaugh
Selkirk
TD7 5EF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BARROWCLOUGH, Jennifer Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-29
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Active
BARROWCLOUGH, Dean Alan→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-05-29
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Active
BARROWCLOUGH, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-11-01
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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05