WALLASEY MOTOR CLUB LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

01241108 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1976-01-20

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£24.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

46 officers (4 active, 46 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

172 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,430

Net assets shrinking

Down £303 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↓ 1.2% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↓ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£24.7k	£25.2k
Current assets	£24.6k	£25.0k
Net assets	£24.4k	£24.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (101 events)Click to expand

2025-07-10
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2024-09-26
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2024-08-27
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officers · TM01
2024-08-27
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officers · TM02
2024-08-27
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officers · AP01
2024-08-27
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officers · TM01
2024-03-11
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DAVIES, Allan Joseph appointed
director
2024-03-11
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MARCHBANK, Patricia resigned
secretary
2024-03-11
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MARCHBANK, Pat resigned
director
2024-03-11
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MARRIOTT, Gary Paul resigned
director
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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2022-06-29
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officers · CH01
2022-06-28
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2022-06-27
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2022-06-27
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officers · CH03
2022-05-16
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address · AD01
2021-09-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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DONALDSON, Benjamin John resigned
director
2020-11-12
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officers · TM01
2020-11-05
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officers · AP01
2020-09-11
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accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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DONALDSON, Benjamin John appointed
director
2019-12-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-06-25
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KING, Anthony resigned
director
2016-03-01
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CHAMBERLAIN, Jonathon appointed
director
2016-03-01
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MACMASTER, Stuart appointed
director
2016-03-01
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KING, Anthony resigned
secretary
2016-03-01
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MARCHBANK, Patricia appointed
secretary
2016-03-01
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MACDONALD, Andrew resigned
director
2016-03-01
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MARCHBANK, Pat appointed
director
2013-12-31
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HARWOOD, Nigel resigned
director
2010-12-31
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ASTBURY, Neville resigned
director
2010-12-31
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NOBLE, Stephen resigned
director
2008-09-22
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KING, Anthony appointed
secretary
2008-07-21
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KING, Charlotte Emma resigned
secretary
2008-07-21
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KING, Charlotte Emma resigned
director
2007-08-20
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ASTBURY, Nari Louise resigned
secretary
2007-08-20
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KING, Charlotte Emma appointed
secretary
2007-08-20
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KING, Anthony appointed
director
2007-08-20
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KING, Charlotte Emma appointed
director
2005-08-08
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ASTBURY, Nari Louise appointed
secretary
2005-08-08
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ASTBURY, Neville resigned
secretary
2005-08-08
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ASTBURY, Neville appointed
director
2005-08-08
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MANGAN, Aidan John resigned
director
2004-09-13
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JONES, Colin Peter resigned
director
2004-08-09
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MACDONALD, Andrew appointed
director
2004-08-09
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MARRIOTT, Gary Paul appointed
director
2004-08-09
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NOBLE, Stephen appointed
director
2004-08-09
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PEARL, Richard George resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 101 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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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.)

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1976-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

2 Litcham Close

Upton

Wirral

CH49 4GN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-23

Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (4 active · 42 resigned)

CHAMBERLAIN, Jonathon→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIES, Allan Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2024-03-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACMASTER, Stuart→

director · ~48y · appointed 2016-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SMITH, Alan Kenneth→

director · ~71y · appointed 1993-08-09

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Active

ASTBURY, Nari Louise→

secretary · appointed 2005-08-08 · resigned 2007-08-20

Resigned

ASTBURY, Neville→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2005-08-08

Resigned

KELLY, Inga, Secretary→

secretary · resigned 1993-08-09

Resigned

KING, Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-22 · resigned 2016-03-01

Resigned

KING, Charlotte Emma→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2008-07-21

Resigned

MARCHBANK, Patricia→

secretary · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2024-03-11

Resigned

MARRIOTT, Gary Paul→

secretary · appointed 1993-08-09 · resigned 2002-08-12

Resigned

ASTBURY, Neville→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-08-08 · resigned 2010-12-31

Resigned

BALL, Jeanette Lorraine→

director · ~58y · appointed 1996-08-19 · resigned 1998-08-14

Resigned

BARK, Peter→

director · ~77y · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2003-08-18

Resigned

CABOT, Harry→

director · ~75y · appointed 1996-08-19 · resigned 2000-08-07

Resigned

CABOT, Harry→

director · ~75y · appointed 1993-08-09 · resigned 1994-08-15

Resigned

DAVIES, Allan Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-08-18 · resigned 1998-03-01

Resigned

DAVIES, Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2002-08-12

Resigned

DONALDSON, Benjamin John→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2020-11-12

Resigned

GRICE, Dave, Social Secretary→

director · ~56y · resigned 1993-08-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (172 total)

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2026-01-16

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accounts · AA

2025-07-10

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

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officers · TM01

2024-08-27

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-08-27

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officers · AP01

2024-08-27

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

officers · TM01

2024-08-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-10-02

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-30

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

officers · CH01

2022-06-29

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

officers · CH01

2022-06-28

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officers · CH01

2022-06-27