KESWICK GOLF CLUB LIMITED

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00875980 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1966-04-01
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 43.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 43.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
100 officers (4 active, 100 linked, 93 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
253 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (194 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-15
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  2. 2026-02-06
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  3. 2026-02-06
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  4. 2026-01-22
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    LOAN, David appointed
    director
  5. 2026-01-22
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    KITCHING, Bernard Roger resigned
    director
  6. 2025-06-24
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  7. 2025-01-13
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    MOL, Gail appointed
    secretary
  8. 2025-01-13
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    WATSON, Gary resigned
    secretary
  9. 2025-01-13
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  10. 2025-01-13
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  11. 2025-01-03
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    KITCHING, Bernard Roger appointed
    director
  12. 2025-01-03
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  13. 2024-10-16
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  14. 2024-08-05
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    KINGHORN, Brian resigned
    director
  15. 2024-02-29
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  16. 2023-02-01
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  17. 2022-03-24
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  18. 2021-05-24
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  19. 2019-12-31
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  20. 2019-04-11
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  21. 2019-02-15
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  22. 2019-01-08
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2018-09-30
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    BRANNAN, Kenneth Martin resigned
    director
  24. 2018-04-24
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  25. 2018-02-15
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    ROPER, Daniel John appointed
    director
  26. 2017-09-28
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    FISHER, Roy Hylton resigned
    director
  27. 2017-06-01
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    KINGHORN, Brian appointed
    director
  28. 2017-04-01
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    AIREY, Matthew John appointed
    director
  29. 2016-12-01
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    HUMPHREYS, Roger Owen resigned
    director
  30. 2016-12-01
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    SMYLLIE, Robert Muir resigned
    director
  31. 2016-12-01
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    TERRY, Peter David resigned
    director
  32. 2012-12-06
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    FISHER, Roy Hylton appointed
    director
  33. 2012-12-06
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    FULLER, Stewart Alfred resigned
    director
  34. 2012-12-06
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    HUMPHREYS, Roger Owen appointed
    director
  35. 2012-12-06
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    SMYLLIE, Robert Muir appointed
    director
  36. 2012-10-09
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    WATSON, Gary appointed
    secretary
  37. 2012-10-08
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    HAAG LLOYD, Maybritt resigned
    secretary
  38. 2011-12-01
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    MARSDEN, Fedella resigned
    director
  39. 2011-12-01
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    OVERTON, Duncan Gerald resigned
    director
  40. 2011-01-06
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    BROWN, Michael resigned
    director
  41. 2011-01-06
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    CLARK, Ernest James resigned
    director
  42. 2011-01-06
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    DENMAN LAWSON, Michael resigned
    director
  43. 2011-01-06
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    DIXON, Graham resigned
    director
  44. 2011-01-06
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    HANCOCK, John Anthony, Mr. resigned
    director
  45. 2011-01-06
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    HARTSHORN, John William resigned
    director
  46. 2011-01-06
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    OVERTON, Duncan Gerald appointed
    director
  47. 2011-01-06
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    OVERTON, Patricia Amy resigned
    director
  48. 2011-01-06
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    ROSTRON, Tracy resigned
    director
  49. 2011-01-06
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    SMITH, Nancy Enid Emily resigned
    director
  50. 2011-01-06
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    STAMPER, Tony resigned
    director
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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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Incorporated1966-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Threlkeld Hall
Threlkeld
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 4SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (4 active · 108 resigned)

MOL, Gail→
secretary · appointed 2025-01-13
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Active
AIREY, Matthew John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-04-01
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Active
LOAN, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2026-01-22
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Active
ROPER, Daniel John→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-02-15
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Active
BELL, Richard→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-26 · resigned 1997-10-31
Resigned
BRANNAN, Kenneth Martin→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-13 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned
HAAG LLOYD, Maybritt→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2012-10-08
Resigned
JACKSON, Robert Crawford→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2004-12-07
Resigned
SIMPSON, John Vivian→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2001-04-02
Resigned
WATSON, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2012-10-09 · resigned 2025-01-13
Resigned
ABBOTT, Trevor William→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2003-12-04
Resigned
AIREY, Wilfred→
director · ~103y · resigned 1994-12-09
Resigned
ALLEN, Gillian Margaret→
director · ~89y · appointed 1994-12-09 · resigned 1996-12-14
Resigned
ALLEN, Howard William→
director · ~90y · appointed 1996-12-12 · resigned 2003-07-21
Resigned
BELL, Richard→
director · ~90y · resigned 1997-10-31
Resigned
BORWICK, George→
director · ~86y · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2006-12-07
Resigned
BOWMAN, Alan Robert→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-12-12 · resigned 1999-12-09
Resigned
BRANNAN, Kenneth Martin→
director · ~88y · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2018-09-30
Resigned
BROWN, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2011-01-06
Resigned
BROWN, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties03/11/1995—
satisfied
The Northern Clubs Federation Brewery
The Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Limited
Legal charge1 property10/12/198210/10/1990
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Recent filings (253 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-01-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14