BARNTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC736515 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-10-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2023-09-12
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-08-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2022-07-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2022-07-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-06-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARNTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
  14. 2022-06-24
    LAWSON, Margaret Anderson appointed
    director
  15. 2022-06-24
    MCLEAN, Colin William appointed
    director
  16. 2022-06-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin William Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
2550%
25-50% shares24/06/2022
Margaret Anderson Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
2550%
25-50% shares24/06/2022

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
Incorporated2022-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

Barnton Capital Holdings Limited, C/O Azets
Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAWSON, Margaret Anderson
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-06-24
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Active
MCLEAN, Colin William
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-06-24
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-01