BARBRY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC540420 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-51.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £51,376

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£47k
Net Worth
-£51k
Current Assets
£47k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£29.9k
Current assets£47.5k
Cash£47.5k
Net assets£-51.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-08-30
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BARBRY LIMITED
  13. 2016-07-18
    ➕
    WATTERS, Louise appointed
    secretary
  14. 2016-07-18
    ➕
    HALFPENNY, Barry Thomas appointed
    director
  15. 2016-07-18
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    WATTERS, Bryan Peter appointed
    director
  16. 2016-07-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryan Peter Watters
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/07/2016
Mr Barry Thomas Halfpenny
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Radleigh House
1 Golf Road
Clarkston
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WATTERS, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-18
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Active
HALFPENNY, Barry Thomas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-07-18
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Active
WATTERS, Bryan Peter→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-18
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-20