BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC284142 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-04

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 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

Very low cash

Cash position: £1

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1

~ YoY

Net Worth

£1

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1	£1
Cash	£1	£1
Net assets	£1	£1

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2025-01-17
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2023-09-26
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2022-12-13
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2021-12-09
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2020-10-06
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2020-01-08
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2019-01-12
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2018-01-12
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accounts · AA
2017-01-13
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2016-05-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-16
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2015-05-05
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2014-05-04
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2005-05-04
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Company incorporated
As BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED
2005-05-04
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BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
secretary
2005-05-04
➕
BARNIE, Alexander appointed
director
2005-05-04
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BARNIE, Davina appointed
director
2005-05-04
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BARNIE, Gordon appointed
director
2005-05-04
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BARNIE, Rosemary Jane appointed
director
2005-05-04
➕
BARNIE, Sheila Begg appointed
director
2005-05-04
➕
MCKIDDIE, David Gordon appointed
director
2005-05-04
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

G&A Barnie Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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G&A Barnie Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BAR - COM (INVERNESS) LIMITED

This company · SC284142

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
G&A Barnie Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-05-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

16 Carsegate Road South

Inverness

IV3 8LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-18

Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (7 active · 1 resigned)

BARNIE, Sheila Begg→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

BARNIE, Alexander→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

BARNIE, Davina→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

BARNIE, Gordon→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

BARNIE, Rosemary Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

BARNIE, Sheila Begg→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

MCKIDDIE, David Gordon→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-04

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2005-05-04

Resigned

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