BICYCLE ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive
01111307 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1973-05-01
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£971.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
53 officers (4 active, 53 linked, 51 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
201 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £971,860
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,888 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£156k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£972k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£255k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£203k£406k£609k£812k£1.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£971.9k£1.01M
Current assets£255.0k£359.2k
Cash£156.4k£189.9k
Debtors£98.7k£169.3k
Net assets£971.9k£1.01M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (106 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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  2. 2025-09-22
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  3. 2025-01-21
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  4. 2025-01-08
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    GILLBORN, Daniel Louis appointed
    director
  5. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-25
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    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-06-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-06-15
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  9. 2024-04-10
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-04-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2024-04-01
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    TAYLOR, Keith Philip resigned
    director
  13. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2021-09-28
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  16. 2020-10-23
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  17. 2019-09-30
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  18. 2018-08-03
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  19. 2018-08-03
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    officers · CH01
  20. 2018-08-01
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    STEWART, Paul John resigned
    director
  21. 2018-04-06
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    GARIDIS, Steven James Dennis appointed
    director
  22. 2015-10-26
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    BEASANT, Ian Jeffery resigned
    director
  23. 2015-10-26
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    COOK, Michael Charles resigned
    director
  24. 2015-10-26
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    ROBERTS, Nigel resigned
    director
  25. 2015-09-01
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    WIGMORE, Andrew James resigned
    director
  26. 2015-01-31
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    PAYNE, Melvyn Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  27. 2014-04-30
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    JENKINSON, Christopher Peter resigned
    director
  28. 2013-10-01
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    WIGMORE, Andrew James appointed
    director
  29. 2013-09-01
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    COOK, Michael Charles appointed
    director
  30. 2013-06-01
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    MERRY, Russell James resigned
    director
  31. 2011-10-19
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    JENKINSON, Christopher Peter appointed
    director
  32. 2011-05-19
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    MARKSCHEFFEL, David Gavin resigned
    director
  33. 2008-06-18
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    PAYNE, Melvyn Kenneth resigned
    director
  34. 2008-06-18
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    ROBERTS, Nigel appointed
    director
  35. 2008-02-28
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    STEWART, Paul John appointed
    director
  36. 2007-10-17
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    LANGAN, Dominic resigned
    director
  37. 2007-04-24
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    GOULDTHORP, Mark Aidan resigned
    director
  38. 2007-04-24
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    MOORE, John Arthur Frederick resigned
    director
  39. 2007-02-07
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    BICKERTON, Marcus Ian appointed
    director
  40. 2007-02-07
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    MERRY, Russell James appointed
    director
  41. 2005-04-27
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    BARKER, Patrick Edward resigned
    director
  42. 2005-04-27
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    BICKERTON, Marcus Ian resigned
    director
  43. 2005-04-27
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    ECCLESTON, Edward John resigned
    director
  44. 2005-04-27
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    GOULDTHORP, Mark Aidan appointed
    director
  45. 2005-04-27
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    LANGAN, Dominic appointed
    director
  46. 2005-04-27
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    MERRY, Russell James resigned
    director
  47. 2005-04-27
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    THAKE, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  48. 2005-03-01
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    STEWART, William Hamish resigned
    director
  49. 2004-12-31
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    O'CONNOR, Michael David resigned
    director
  50. 2004-09-14
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    HENSTONE, David John resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 106 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Marcus Ian Bickerton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Phillip Leyland Darnton
Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Keith Philip Taylorceased 01/04/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated1973-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

31 High Street
Haverhill
CB9 8AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (4 active · 49 resigned)

BICKERTON, Marcus Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARNTON, Phillip Leyland→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARIDIS, Steven James Dennis→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-04-06
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Active
GILLBORN, Daniel Louis→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-01-08
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Active
FOSTER, Josephine Ida Mary→
secretary · resigned 2000-04-07
Resigned
PAYNE, Melvyn Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
ALLAN, Grant William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned
AMYES, John Stephen→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-06-28 · resigned 1994-04-21
Resigned
BARKER, Patrick Edward→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-08-12 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
BEASANT, Ian Jeffery→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2015-10-26
Resigned
BICKERTON, Marcus Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
BILL, Terence Albert→
director · ~81y · resigned 1998-06-30
Resigned
BROWN, James→
director · ~87y · appointed 2001-06-27 · resigned 2003-06-25
Resigned
BUTLER, Anthony James→
director · ~87y · appointed 1993-06-30 · resigned 1998-11-04
Resigned
COOK, Michael Charles→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-09-01 · resigned 2015-10-26
Resigned
CROSS, Richard Damby→
director · ~87y · resigned 1996-08-14
Resigned
DEAR, Roger Edward→
director · ~80y · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
ECCLESTON, Edward John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1994-06-29 · resigned 2005-04-27
Resigned
FORESTER, Barry Stuart→
director · ~72y · resigned 1994-04-20
Resigned
GOULDTHORP, Mark Aidan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-04-27 · resigned 2007-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (201 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-18
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14