BARR + WRAY GROUP LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC640496 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-12-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-12-05➕PEGGRAM, Samantha Jane appointeddirector
- 2024-12-05➕ROCK, Phillip Sebastian appointeddirector
- 2024-12-05➖BARTON, Derek resigneddirector
- 2024-12-05➖JOHNSON, Marion resigneddirector
- 2024-12-05➖MACDONALD, Alexander Alister resigneddirector
- 2024-12-05➖MCCLURE, Iain resigneddirector
- 2024-11-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-11-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-09-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Alexander Alister Macdonald
- 2019-10-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-10-02➕KENNEDY, Lorne James appointeddirector
- 2019-10-02➕MONTGOMERIE, Ian Morton appointeddirector
- 2019-10-02➕BARTON, Derek appointeddirector
- 2019-10-02➕JOHNSON, Marion appointeddirector
- 2019-10-02➕MCCLURE, Iain appointeddirector
- 2019-09-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BARR + WRAY GROUP LIMITED
- 2019-09-02➕MONTGOMERIE, Ian appointedsecretary
- 2019-09-02➕MACDONALD, Alexander Alister appointeddirector
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
1 Buccleuch Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4NR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
Active
KENNEDY, Lorne James→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2019-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MONTGOMERIE, Ian Morton→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PEGGRAM, Samantha Jane→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2024-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROCK, Phillip Sebastian→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2024-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARTON, Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-10-02 · resigned 2024-12-05
JOHNSON, Marion→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2019-10-02 · resigned 2024-12-05
MACDONALD, Alexander Alister→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2019-09-02 · resigned 2024-12-05
MCCLURE, Iain→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-10-02 · resigned 2024-12-05
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Alexander Alister Macdonald | A registered charge | — | 22/10/2019 | 05/11/2024 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/10/2019 | 16/12/2024 |
Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-12-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-05