ACCRINGTON ANGLERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00794985 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1964-03-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 62.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 62.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 62.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees3300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-22
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-10
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  6. 2024-11-19
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    LEAVER, Ian appointed
    director
  7. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-01
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  9. 2021-12-14
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  10. 2020-11-09
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  11. 2019-11-07
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  12. 2018-11-05
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  13. 2017-11-10
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  14. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  15. 2016-04-19
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-12-01
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    EDMONDSON, Vincent appointed
    director
  18. 2015-12-01
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    DEWHURST, James Allanson resigned
    director
  19. 2009-06-01
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    BROUGHTON, Ronald Burgess resigned
    director
  20. 2008-09-06
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    DEWHURST, James Allanson appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-29
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    SHORROCK, John Parker appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-09-29
    ➕
    GASKELL, William Frank appointed
    director
  23. 2006-09-29
    ➖
    HACKING, Harold Smalley resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-09-29
    ➖
    HACKING, Harold Smalley resigned
    director
  25. 2004-04-07
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    SHORROCK, John Parker appointed
    director
  26. 2004-04-03
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    WINNARD, Jack resigned
    director
  27. 1995-03-01
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    CUNNINGHAM, Michael John resigned
    director
  28. 1964-04-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: District Bank Limited
  29. 1964-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCRINGTON ANGLERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Frank Gaskell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest30/11/2016
Mr John Parker Shorrock
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest30/11/2016
Mr Vincent Edmondson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest30/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1964-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Plane Tree House
Lomas Lane Balladen
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 6HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

SHORROCK, John Parker→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-29
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Active
EDMONDSON, Vincent→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-12-01
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Active
GASKELL, William Frank→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-29
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Active
LEAVER, Ian→
director · ~76y · appointed 2024-11-19
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Active
SHORROCK, John Parker→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-04-07
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Active
HACKING, Harold Smalley→
secretary · resigned 2006-09-29
Resigned
BROUGHTON, Ronald Burgess→
director · ~106y · resigned 2009-06-01
Resigned
CUNNINGHAM, Michael John→
director · ~75y · resigned 1995-03-01
Resigned
DEWHURST, James Allanson→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-09-06 · resigned 2015-12-01
Resigned
HACKING, Harold Smalley→
director · ~107y · resigned 2006-09-29
Resigned
WINNARD, Jack→
director · ~97y · resigned 2004-04-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
District Bank
District Bank Limited
Legal charge1 property16/04/1964—
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Recent filings (104 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09