R G BARR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC374346 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-08
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£456.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £456,668

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£457k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£350k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£91k£183k£274k£365k£457kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£458.4k£399.7k
Current assets£350.0k£317.3k
Net assets£456.7k£398.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As R G BARR LIMITED
  17. 2010-03-08
    ➕
    BARR, Jane Orr appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-03-08
    ➕
    BARR, Andrew Burns Gilbert appointed
    director
  19. 2010-03-08
    ➕
    BARR, Ronald Gilchrist appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Burns Gilbert
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/03/2017

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
Incorporated2010-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

The Gree Farm Lochlibo Road
Burnhouse
Beith
Ayrshire
KA15 1LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BARR, Jane Orr→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
BARR, Andrew Burns Gilbert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
BARR, Ronald Gilchrist→
director · ~90y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09