BARON SAFETY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Company number 01444150 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Baron Safety Developments Limited occupies an unusual niche within the UK property trading sector: a family-controlled, well-capitalised micro-entity with a heritage rooted in Northamptonshire's leather and footwear industry, now seemingly transitioning towards property development. While the company's £3.6M net asset base and conservative leverage provide a solid platform for opportunistic acquisition in a market where many competitors are capital-constrained, the dramatic 70% erosion of net assets since 2020, minimal fixed asset holdings, and halved workforce raise legitimate questions about whether this represents strategic repositioning or gradual portfolio liquidation. The coming 12-18 months — particularly if the Bank of England continues rate reductions — will be telling in determining whether the company deploys its substantial current asset base towards new development activity or continues to contract.
Shareholders' funds
£3,601,765
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1979-08-16
- Employees
- 3 (2025 accounts · was 6 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Crown House, 310 Wellingborough Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6PP
- Postcode
- NN10 6PP
- Capital
- 4,497 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 68100 Buying and selling of own real estate
Officers 7 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by BARON HOLDCO LIMITED — since 2021-05-07
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DCD DESIGN LTD Active - Proposal to Strike off
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BARON SAFETY LIMITED | 2022-03-11 |
| BARON LEATHERS LIMITED | 2002-03-26 |
| SOFTBARON LIMITED | 1979-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O ASHFORD AND CAMPION LIMITED, WESTFIELD TERRACE, HIGHAM FERRERS, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN10 8BB | 2004-10-06 |
| C/O ASHFORD & CAMPION LTD, WESTFIELD TERRACE, HIGHAMS FERRERS, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN10 8BB | 2001-01-22 |
| 74 WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD, RUSHDEN NORTHANTS, NN10 9TY | 1989-01-06 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,427 similar companies in NN
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1979.
No.17 of the largest buying and selling of own real estate companies in Northampton →
Competitors Northampton
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3. H.I. LIMITED
This company ranks 17 among buying and selling of own real estate in Northampton.
The class of 1979
49%
of the 8,387 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2021-04-01
- Where
- North Northamptonshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN181206 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2021-04-01 | — |
| NN279529 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2007-11-14 | — |
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