OLD ELIZABETHANS (BARNET) PLAYING FIELDS LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00485877 · ltd · incorporated 1950-08-31

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	600	500

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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officers · CH01
2025-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-12-08
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2025-09-05
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accounts · AA
2024-07-17
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accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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officers · AP01
2023-10-13
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officers · AP01
2023-10-02
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MICHELIN, Steven Michael appointed
director
2023-10-02
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PARKAR, Naveed appointed
director
2023-06-29
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accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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officers · TM01
2023-06-12
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JACKSON, Keith resigned
director
2022-07-20
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accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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accounts · AA
2019-08-13
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accounts · AA
2019-02-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-02-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-02-18
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officers · TM01
2018-12-12
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MACKAY, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2018-07-25
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accounts · AA
2016-06-13
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WOOLF, Michael Asher resigned
director
2013-06-10
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PERKINS, David John appointed
secretary
2013-06-10
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PERKINS, David John appointed
director
2013-06-10
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WOOLF, Michael Asher resigned
secretary
2013-06-10
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CHRISTIE, Donald William, Dr resigned
director
2012-06-18
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SALISBURY, Alan Geoffrey resigned
director
2012-04-22
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DUNPHY, Patrick Christopher resigned
director
2010-10-04
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GORING, Peter George appointed
director
2008-07-08
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BARNFATHER, Paul Alex resigned
director
2007-05-29
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COLLINS, Miles Eric resigned
director
2006-04-24
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FULLER, Benjamin John resigned
director
2005-11-28
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SMITH, Jonathan Hugo appointed
director
2005-11-28
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DUNPHY, Patrick Christopher appointed
director
2005-04-25
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BARNFATHER, Paul Alex appointed
director
2005-04-25
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WELLS, John David resigned
director
2004-04-26
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MITCHELL, Stephen Paul resigned
director
2004-04-26
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SHEARLY, Eric Norman resigned
director
2004-02-16
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CHRISTIE, Donald William, Dr appointed
director
2002-01-29
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ELDERFIELD, Robert James resigned
director
2000-07-24
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JACKSON, Keith appointed
director
2000-05-15
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MITCHELL, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2000-04-10
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WEEKES, Richard William appointed
director
2000-04-10
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CHAPMAN, John Stanley resigned
director
2000-04-10
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HARRIS, Shaun Peter resigned
director
2000-04-10
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NEWELL, Dennis Cecil resigned
director
2000-04-10
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PARKER, Robert David resigned
director
2000-04-10
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WELLS, John David appointed
director
1999-03-04
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COLLINS, Miles Eric appointed
director
1999-01-25
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MACKAY, Andrew Peter appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 65 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1950-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

8 Canonsfield

Welwyn

Hertfordshire

AL6 0QD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02