AGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC357300 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-209

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

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 (79/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £209

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£100

~ YoY

Net Worth

-£209

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-209	£-209
Cash	£100	£100
Net assets	£-209	£-209

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-08-08
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BARILONE, Ezio resigned
director
2018-08-08
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BARILONE, Silvana resigned
director
2018-08-08
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officers · TM01
2018-08-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-08-07
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address · AD01
2017-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2010-03-26
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BARILONE, Angelo Guerino resigned
secretary
2009-03-26
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Company incorporated
As AGES LIMITED
2009-03-26
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BARILONE, Angelo Guerino appointed
director
2009-03-26
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BARILONE, Giancarlo appointed
director
2009-03-26
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BARILONE, Angelo Guerino appointed
secretary
2009-03-26
➕
BARILONE, Ezio appointed
director
2009-03-26
➕
BARILONE, Silvana 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 17 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 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

The Rolling Barrel Pub Co Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Rolling Barrel Pub Co Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AGES LIMITED

This company · SC357300

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
The Rolling Barrel Pub Co Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	29/08/2018

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

Incorporated2009-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

22 Lady Jane Gate

Bothwell

Glasgow

G71 8BW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-12

Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BARILONE, Angelo Guerino→

director · ~47y · appointed 2009-03-26

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Active

BARILONE, Giancarlo→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-03-26

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Active

BARILONE, Angelo Guerino→

secretary · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2010-03-26

Resigned

BARILONE, Ezio→

director · ~80y · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2018-08-08

Resigned

BARILONE, Silvana→

director · ~75y · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2018-08-08

Resigned

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