BARRASTON CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC394921 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-07

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 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

£1.17M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,167,086

Cash YoY

+31%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£938k

↑ 31% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.43M	£1.21M
Current assets	£1.29M	£967.3k
Cash	£938.3k	£718.6k
Debtors	£351.3k	£248.8k
Net assets	£1.17M	£909.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

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Company incorporated
As BARRASTON CONTRACTS LIMITED
2011-03-07
➕
GILLESPIE, Lynn appointed
secretary
2011-03-07
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GILLESPIE, Robert appointed
director
2011-03-07
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RALSTON, Robert appointed
director
2011-03-07
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
secretary
2011-03-07
➖
TRAINER, Peter resigned
secretary
2011-03-07
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
director
2011-03-07
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
director
2011-03-07
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2011-03-07
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Gillespie Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/03/2017
Mr Robert Ralston Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/03/2017

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

Incorporated2011-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Barraston Holdings

Torrance

Glasgow

Strathclyde

G64 4DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GILLESPIE, Lynn→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

GILLESPIE, Robert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

RALSTON, Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

TRAINER, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2011-03-07

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2011-03-07

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2011-03-07

Resigned

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