ACTON BRIDGE CRUISING CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00822257 · ltd · incorporated 1964-10-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-03-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-03-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-03-03
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-03-03
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  13. 2021-03-03
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-03-03
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  15. 2021-03-03
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    officers · AP03
  16. 2021-03-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2021-02-28
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    HALDEN, Michael appointed
    secretary
  18. 2021-02-28
    ➕
    HALDEN, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2021-02-28
    ➕
    MOORES, David appointed
    director
  20. 2021-02-28
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    JONES, Janette resigned
    secretary
  21. 2021-02-28
    ➖
    JONES, Janette resigned
    director
  22. 2021-01-30
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    BARNARD, David resigned
    director
  23. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2017-08-08
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    JONES, Janette appointed
    secretary
  25. 2017-08-08
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    MOORES, Christina Mary resigned
    secretary
  26. 2017-08-08
    ➕
    JONES, Janette appointed
    director
  27. 2017-08-08
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    MOORES, Christina Mary resigned
    director
  28. 2017-06-11
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    WILKINSON, Michael Ian resigned
    director
  29. 2004-09-27
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    MOORES, Christina Mary appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-09-27
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Alan resigned
    secretary
  31. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    MOORES, Christina Mary appointed
    director
  32. 2004-09-27
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Alan resigned
    director
  33. 1995-04-09
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    PENMAN, John Reginald George resigned
    director
  34. 1995-04-09
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Michael Ian appointed
    director
  35. 1964-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTON BRIDGE CRUISING CLUB LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David Moores
Individual · British · DOB 09/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2021
Michael Halden
Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2021
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Janette Jonesceased 28/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr David Barnardceased 28/02/2021· significant influence
  • Mrs Christina Mary Mooresceased 08/08/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Michael Ian Wilkinsonceased 08/07/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1964-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Acton Island Warrington Road
Acton Bridge
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 3QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

HALDEN, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2021-02-28
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Active
HALDEN, Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 2021-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORES, David→
director · ~84y · appointed 2021-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Janette→
secretary · appointed 2017-08-08 · resigned 2021-02-28
Resigned
MOORES, Christina Mary→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2017-08-08
Resigned
ROBERTS, Alan→
secretary · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned
BARNARD, David→
director · ~83y · resigned 2021-01-30
Resigned
JONES, Janette→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-08-08 · resigned 2021-02-28
Resigned
MOORES, Christina Mary→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2017-08-08
Resigned
PENMAN, John Reginald George→
director · ~101y · resigned 1995-04-09
Resigned
ROBERTS, Alan→
director · ~92y · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned
WILKINSON, Michael Ian→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-04-09 · resigned 2017-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (119 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-03