BILLINGHAM MASONIC HALL AND CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00837607 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1965-02-15

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 61.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£9.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 61.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 61.4 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 (73/100)

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

54 officers (4 active, 54 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

177 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,170

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,856 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 64% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£9.2k	£11.0k
Current assets	£1.0k	£2.9k
Net assets	£9.2k	£11.0k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (113 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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officers · CH01
2025-12-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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officers · CH01
2023-08-13
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officers · CH01
2023-08-13
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officers · CH01
2023-08-13
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officers · CH01
2023-08-13
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officers · TM01
2023-07-31
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SOWERBY, John Taylor Paterson resigned
director
2022-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-30
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accounts · AA
2021-04-20
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MADDISON, Andrew resigned
director
2021-04-20
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officers · TM01
2021-03-28
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accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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officers · TM01
2020-11-06
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ROWE, Paul resigned
director
2020-11-06
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officers · TM01
2020-11-05
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SMITH, Lawrence Paul resigned
director
2019-12-05
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officers · TM02
2019-12-05
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accounts · AA
2019-12-01
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SMITH, Paul resigned
secretary
2018-11-11
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accounts · AA
2018-10-20
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BEAZLEY, Annie, Mrs. resigned
director
2018-10-20
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HODGESON, Anne Mackenzie Harper resigned
director
2018-09-20
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MADDISON, Andrew appointed
director
2018-09-20
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PRESTON, James Alexander resigned
director
2018-09-20
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ROWE, Paul appointed
director
2018-07-17
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FITZGIBBON, David resigned
director
2017-11-27
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ATKINSON, Eric resigned
director
2017-11-27
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BOYD, Thomas resigned
director
2017-08-11
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HOWELL, Nicholas Anthony resigned
director
2017-07-31
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HOWELL, Nicholas Anthony appointed
director
2016-10-03
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DAVIES, Mark appointed
director
2016-10-03
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BEAZLEY, Annie, Mrs. appointed
director
2016-10-03
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HODGESON, Anne Mackenzie Harper appointed
director
2016-09-01
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HOWELL, Nicholas Anthony appointed
director
2016-09-01
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CRAIG, William Kelly resigned
director
2015-06-01
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BAKER, Nigel resigned
director
2014-11-17
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TUNNEY, Shaun appointed
director
2014-11-17
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ATKINSON, Eric appointed
director
2014-11-17
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BOYD, Thomas appointed
director
2014-11-17
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SOWERBY, John Taylor Paterson appointed
director
2014-11-09
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BAKER, Nigel appointed
director
2014-11-08
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HOLMES, George William resigned
director
2014-11-08
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RAND, Derek resigned
director
2010-05-31
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BARKER, Keith Clifford resigned
director
2009-11-07
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CONVERY, Patrick Green resigned
director
2009-11-07
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SANDERSON, Keith resigned
director
2009-10-01
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HOLMES, George William appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 113 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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

Incorporated1965-02-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Mill Lane

Billingham

Cleveland

TS23 1HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (4 active · 50 resigned)

BODDY, Graham Christopher→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-10-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIES, Mark→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-10-03

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Active

HOWELL, Nicholas Anthony→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-09-01

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Active

TUNNEY, Shaun→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-11-17

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Active

BARKER, Keith Clifford→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-14 · resigned 2007-09-01

Resigned

MOODY, George→

secretary · appointed 1998-08-29 · resigned 2002-09-09

Resigned

PRESTON, Stewart→

secretary · resigned 1993-10-13

Resigned

ROBINSON, Stanley→

secretary · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 1996-08-30

Resigned

SMITH, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2019-12-01

Resigned

STABLER, Richard Stanley→

secretary · appointed 1996-08-30 · resigned 1998-07-26

Resigned

ATKINSON, Eric→

director · ~61y · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2017-11-27

Resigned

BAKER, Nigel→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-11-09 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

BARKER, Keith Clifford→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-10-14 · resigned 2010-05-31

Resigned

BARRACLOUGH, Anthony Charles→

director · ~76y · appointed 1996-08-30 · resigned 1998-01-01

Resigned

BARRACLOUGH, Keith→

director · ~69y · appointed 1995-10-01 · resigned 1998-01-01

Resigned

BEAZLEY, Annie, Mrs.→

director · ~85y · appointed 2016-10-03 · resigned 2018-10-20

Resigned

BIRRELL, David Robin→

director · ~74y · resigned 1992-05-15

Resigned

BIRTLE, Raymond→

director · ~99y · resigned 1998-12-06

Resigned

BOYD, Thomas→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2017-11-27

Resigned

BRIGGS, Eric→

director · ~81y · appointed 1998-08-29 · resigned 2003-12-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Darlington Building Society.	Mortgage	1 property	01/03/1965	—

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Recent filings (177 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-08-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-08-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-30