BARRMILL PLANT SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC330027 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-29

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£4.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,012,996

Net assets shrinking

Down £271,406 YoY

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.9m

↓ 4.4% YoY

Net Worth

£4.0m

↓ 6.3% YoY

Current Assets

£2.1m

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£4.01M	£4.28M
Current assets	£2.06M	£2.43M
Cash	£1.92M	£2.01M
Debtors	£133.5k	£407.9k
Net assets	£4.01M	£4.28M

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-05-19
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts · AA
2020-05-19
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accounts · AA
2019-05-27
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accounts · AA
2018-05-24
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accounts · AA
2017-05-31
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JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2017-05-31
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JACKSON, Colin appointed
director
2017-05-31
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JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth resigned
director
2017-05-31
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officers · AP03
2017-05-31
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officers · AP01
2017-05-31
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officers · TM01
2017-05-25
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accounts · AA
2016-03-24
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accounts · AA
2015-09-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-12
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JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2015-06-12
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JACKSON, Colin resigned
director
2015-06-12
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JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-06-12
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officers · AP01
2013-08-01
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JACKSON, Colin appointed
director
2013-08-01
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MILNE, Kevin resigned
director
2007-08-29
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Company incorporated
As BARRMILL PLANT SERVICES LIMITED
2007-08-29
➕
JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2007-08-29
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MILNE, Kevin appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Jackson Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-08-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Duskview Cottage Dunlop Road

Barrmill

Beith

Ayrshire

KA15 1HN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2017-05-31

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Active

JACKSON, Colin→

director · ~53y · appointed 2017-05-31

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Active

JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-29 · resigned 2015-06-12

Resigned

JACKSON, Colin→

director · ~53y · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2015-06-12

Resigned

JACKSON, Kerry Elizabeth→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-06-12 · resigned 2017-05-31

Resigned

MILNE, Kevin→

director · ~41y · appointed 2007-08-29 · resigned 2013-08-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-05-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-13