DAVID BARLOW HOMES LTD
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Executive summary
David Barlow Homes Ltd represents a case study in small-constructor vulnerability to macroeconomic shocks, having entered liquidation and dissolved in 2012 after failing to survive the post-2008 construction downturn. The company possessed no identifiable sustainable competitive advantages and lacked the scale or financial resilience to weather cyclical market pressures. For stakeholders or similar operators, the key lesson is that small construction firms must either build significant capital reserves during boom periods or develop defensible niche positioning to survive inevitable sector downturns.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-12-16
- Dissolved
- 2012-07-11
- Registered office
- BEGBIES TRAYNOR, 2 COLLINGWOOD STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 1JF
- Postcode
- NE1 1JF
- Accounts category
- SMALL
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2007-03-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2008-12-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41201 Construction of commercial buildings
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CHESTER HOUSE UNIT 21, AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR, NE3 2EF | 2009-10-19 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 20/01/2009 FROM, CHEVIOT HOUSE, BEAMINSTER WAY KINGSTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR, NE3 2ER | 2009-01-20 |
| ERINVALE, SLALEY, HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND NE47 0AA | 2005-08-01 |
| 5 WEST LANE, CHESTER LE STREET, COUNTY DURHAM, DH3 3HJ | 2005-01-21 |
The class of 2004
20%
of the 1,607 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.