BARNWOOD & DISTRICT BOWLING & TENNIS GROUND COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00179710 · ltd · incorporated 1922-02-15

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£10.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (7 active, 30 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

136 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,781

Cash YoY

+8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↑ 7.9% YoY

Net Worth

£11k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 7.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£10.8k	£10.7k
Current assets	£7.1k	£6.6k
Cash	£6.5k	£6.0k
Debtors	£617	£594
Net assets	£10.8k	£10.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-14
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-18
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-17
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JONES, Susan Diane resigned
director
2025-08-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-27
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WASHBOURNE, Richard Charles appointed
secretary
2025-06-27
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HORRILL, Jonathan Paul appointed
director
2025-06-27
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PHILLIPS, Graham Maurice appointed
director
2025-04-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-29
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-24
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JONES, David John resigned
secretary
2025-04-24
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JONES, David John resigned
director
2025-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-07
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JONES, Susan Diane appointed
director
2024-02-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-28
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FERSON, Joyce resigned
director
2023-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-03
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DIX, John appointed
director
2022-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-26
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JONES, David John appointed
secretary
2019-04-26
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SMITH, Carol Ann resigned
secretary
2013-04-26
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MAIN, Christopher Richard resigned
director
2012-10-14
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HOPKIN, William Godfrey resigned
director
2012-04-20
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WASHBOURNE, Richard Charles appointed
director
2012-04-20
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WORRALL, Clive Edward appointed
director
2012-04-20
➖
MAIN, Patrick resigned
director
2010-04-23
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SMITH, Carol Ann appointed
director
2009-04-24
➖
LEE, Graham William resigned
secretary
2009-04-24
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SMITH, Carol Ann appointed
secretary
2008-05-28
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HOPKIN, William Godfrey appointed
director
2007-11-01
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BROWNING, Edwin resigned
director
2007-04-27
➕
JONES, David John appointed
director
2007-04-27
➕
MAIN, Christopher Richard appointed
director
2007-03-07
➖
WINTER, George Arnold resigned
director
2006-11-08
➖
EDWARDS, Thomas Ian resigned
director
2006-11-08
➖
ROGERS, Stephanie Christina resigned
director
2006-04-26
➕
LEE, Graham William appointed
secretary
2006-04-26
➖
MAIN, Patrick resigned
secretary
2005-04-27
➕
FERSON, Joyce appointed
director
2005-04-27
➕
ROGERS, Stephanie Christina appointed
director
2004-04-16
➖
LEE, Graham resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 66 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Members Of Barnwood Bowls Club holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Members Of Barnwood Bowls Club

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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BARNWOOD & DISTRICT BOWLING & TENNIS GROUND COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 00179710

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Members Of Barnwood Bowls Club Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	14/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Trustees Barnwood Bowling Clubceased 14/02/2026· 50-75% shares · trust interest

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

Incorporated1922-02-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

The Pavilion 119 Barnwood Road

Barnwood

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL4 3HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-26

Last: 2026-05-12