BARHAM GLEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC399093 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-09

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.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2024

Net worth

£3.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £3,319

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,334 YoY

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£93k

↑ 1.1% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£108k

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£3.5k	£5.8k
Current assets	£107.7k	£98.2k
Cash	£92.5k	£91.5k
Debtors	£211	£164
Net assets	£3.3k	£5.7k

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 (19 events)Click to expand

2025-04-30
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2024-04-25
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2023-04-24
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2022-04-21
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2021-02-05
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2020-03-24
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2019-03-08
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2018-04-16
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accounts · AA
2017-04-05
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accounts · AA
2016-05-13
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-29
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accounts · AA
2015-05-13
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2015-04-15
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2014-06-24
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annual-return · AR01
2014-03-11
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accounts · AA
2013-05-13
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2011-05-09
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Company incorporated
As BARHAM GLEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
2011-05-09
➕
BARHAM, Paul John appointed
director
2011-05-09
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GLEN, Alison Ross Mckay appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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.
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
Mrs Alison Ross Mckay Glen Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/05/2016
Mr Paul John Barham Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/05/2016

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

Incorporated2011-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Glenartney, 63 Bardykes Road

Blantyre

Glasgow

South Lanarkshire

G72 9UH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-22

Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARHAM, Paul John→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-05-09

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GLEN, Alison Ross Mckay→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-05-09

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