THE BARCODE CONSULTANCY LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC460980 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-08

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	200	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
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accounts · AA
2020-03-03
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accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-12-08
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accounts · AA
2017-03-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-03-14
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capital · SH08
2017-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-28
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-24
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accounts · AA
2014-02-03
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MACKENZIE, Ross Gilfillan appointed
director
2013-10-08
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Company incorporated
As THE BARCODE CONSULTANCY LTD.
2013-10-08
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MACKENZIE, Joanne appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 Joanne Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mr Ross Gilfillan Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2013-10-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Registered office

6 Chapman's Brae

Bathgate

West Lothian

EH48 4LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Joanne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-10-08

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MACKENZIE, Ross Gilfillan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-02-03

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Active

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