AG BARR HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC556344 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-02
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-02-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-27📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-02-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AG BARR HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2017-02-02➕BARR, Archibald Goldsmith appointeddirector
- 2017-02-02➕BARR, George Watson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr George Watson Barr Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 19/08/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Archibald Goldsmith Barrceased 19/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
The Mechanics Workshop
New Lanark
Lanark
Lanarkshire
ML11 9DB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BARR, Archibald Goldsmith→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2017-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARR, George Watson→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2017-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (26 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-08-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-30