BARRAL UK VISCERAL LTD
Opportunity 75/100 (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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-04-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BARRAL UK VISCERAL LTD
- 2011-04-19➕HARVEY, Alison Christine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Alison Harvey Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49 | 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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