SOUTHPORT BRIDGE CLUB LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00699484 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1961-07-27

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 64.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£51.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 64.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 64.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

78 officers (5 active, 78 linked, 71 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

221 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,280

Cash YoY

+23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£39k

↑ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£51k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£41k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£51.3k	£44.2k
Current assets	£40.8k	£33.5k
Cash	£39.2k	£31.8k
Debtors	£1.5k	£1.7k
Net assets	£51.3k	£44.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (156 events)Click to expand

2025-09-11
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2025-08-16
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officers · TM01
2025-07-24
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WOODCOCK, Susan Denise resigned
director
2024-11-16
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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officers · TM01
2024-08-29
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LOWE, Anne Cathryn resigned
director
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2023-05-24
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officers · TM01
2023-04-20
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DICKINSON, Yvonne resigned
director
2022-12-06
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accounts · AA
2022-08-26
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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officers · AP01
2022-08-10
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officers · TM01
2022-07-28
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DAVIES, Judieth appointed
director
2022-07-28
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MOORS, Gail Linda appointed
director
2022-07-28
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CARR, William Peter resigned
director
2022-07-28
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DICKINSON, Yvonne appointed
director
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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officers · TM01
2021-10-25
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ROBINSON, Sandra resigned
director
2020-11-07
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officers · AP03
2020-10-14
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DRAPER, Neil appointed
secretary
2020-10-07
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officers · TM01
2020-10-07
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officers · TM02
2020-09-30
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HARRIS, David resigned
secretary
2020-09-30
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HARRIS, David resigned
director
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-07-24
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FLEETWOOD, Terence Ellison resigned
director
2019-07-24
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LEWTAS, Michael resigned
director
2019-07-24
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TAYLOR, Robert Harold resigned
director
2019-05-31
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QUINN, Stephen resigned
director
2019-03-11
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FJORTOFT, Susan resigned
director
2019-01-24
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FJORTOFT, Susan appointed
director
2019-01-24
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WOODCOCK, Susan Denise appointed
director
2018-09-27
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HARRIS, David appointed
secretary
2018-09-27
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NO, Anne Cathryn Lowe resigned
secretary
2018-07-18
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BARNES, Neville Richard resigned
director
2018-07-18
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HARRIS, David appointed
director
2018-07-18
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QUINN, Stephen appointed
director
2018-05-31
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PITCHERS, Donald George resigned
director
2018-03-22
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MCCONKEY, Maureen resigned
director
2017-09-04
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EDWARDS, Janice Elizabeth resigned
director
2017-08-29
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NO, Anne Cathryn Lowe appointed
secretary
2017-08-29
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WEBB, Katherine Eleanor resigned
secretary
2017-08-29
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WEBB, Katherine Eleanor resigned
director
2017-08-22
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HOLDEN, John Kevin resigned
secretary
2017-08-22
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WEBB, Katherine Eleanor appointed
secretary
2017-07-26
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BARNES, Neville Richard appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1961-07-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

12, Albert Road,

Southport,

Lancs

PR9 0LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-27

Last: 2025-08-13