HIGH BARN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC696934 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-26
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 opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 76 → 68
  • · Bankability: 75 → 65
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Opportunity score: 76 → 68
  • ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • ↓Bankability: 75 → 65
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-10-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-10-08
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    HUNT, Marion Agnes Isobel resigned
    director
  11. 2022-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-04-03
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    HUNT, Marion Agnes Isobel appointed
    director
  14. 2021-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As HIGH BARN LTD
  15. 2021-04-26
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    DICKSON, Alan appointed
    director
  16. 2021-04-26
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    DICKSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2021-04-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-09

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Dickson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Dicksonceased 10/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2021-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

27 Hodgson Crescent
Alva
Clackmannanshire
FK12 5FA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DICKSON, Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-04-26
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Active
DICKSON, Christopher→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-04-26
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Active
HUNT, Marion Agnes Isobel→
director · ~96y · appointed 2022-04-03 · resigned 2022-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-05