BARROW & DISTRICT MOTOR CYCLING CLUB LIMITED

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01302895 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1977-03-16
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£59.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
119 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 £59,294
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£59k
Current Assets
£57k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£47k£59kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£60.4k—
Current assets£57.4k—
Net assets£59.3k—
Average employees—0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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  2. 2025-03-13
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  3. 2024-03-18
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  4. 2023-03-07
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  5. 2022-03-04
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  6. 2022-02-24
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  7. 2022-02-14
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    MYERS, Ailsa appointed
    secretary
  8. 2022-01-17
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  9. 2022-01-14
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    THISTLETHWAITE, Katherine resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-07-08
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  11. 2020-06-26
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  12. 2019-07-30
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  13. 2018-07-26
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  14. 2017-01-16
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  15. 2016-02-03
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  16. 2016-01-15
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  17. 2015-03-25
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  18. 2014-12-08
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    MYERS, Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2014-12-08
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    BUTLER, Jackie resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-12-08
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    THISTLETHWAITE, Katherine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-12-08
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    POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen resigned
    director
  22. 2013-12-19
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    ADDISON, Thomas William resigned
    director
  23. 2013-12-19
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    POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen appointed
    director
  24. 2002-12-19
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    BUTLER, Jackie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-12-19
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    CLARKE, Ann resigned
    secretary
  26. 2001-12-20
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    ADDISON, Thomas William appointed
    director
  27. 2001-12-20
    ➖
    CLARKE, Trevor resigned
    director
  28. 1998-12-10
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    JENKINSON, Angus Gordon appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-12-10
    ➕
    JENKINSON, Angus Gordon appointed
    director
  30. 1998-12-10
    ➖
    COOPER, Susan resigned
    secretary
  31. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    COOPER, Norman Edward appointed
    director
  32. 1998-01-12
    ➖
    BLOWERS, William John resigned
    director
  33. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    CLARKE, Trevor appointed
    director
  34. 1996-05-16
    ➕
    COOPER, Susan appointed
    secretary
  35. 1996-05-15
    ➖
    STRIKE, Jeffrey resigned
    director
  36. 1993-12-10
    ➕
    BLOWERS, William John appointed
    director
  37. 1993-12-10
    ➖
    COOPER, Susan resigned
    director
  38. 1977-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As BARROW & DISTRICT MOTOR CYCLING CLUB LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Myers
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/12/2016
Mr Norman Edward Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/12/2016
Mr Angus Gordon Jenkinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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
Incorporated1977-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Hill Crest
Brow Edge Road, Backbarrow
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 8QP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (5 active · 10 resigned)

JENKINSON, Angus Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-10
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Active
MYERS, Ailsa→
secretary · appointed 2022-02-14
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Active
COOPER, Norman Edward→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-01-12
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Active
JENKINSON, Angus Gordon→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-12-10
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Active
MYERS, Christopher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-12-08
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Active
BUTLER, Jackie→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-19 · resigned 2014-12-08
Resigned
CLARKE, Ann→
secretary · resigned 2002-12-19
Resigned
COOPER, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-16 · resigned 1998-12-10
Resigned
THISTLETHWAITE, Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-08 · resigned 2022-01-14
Resigned
ADDISON, Thomas William→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2013-12-19
Resigned
BLOWERS, William John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-12-10 · resigned 1998-01-12
Resigned
CLARKE, Trevor→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 2001-12-20
Resigned
COOPER, Susan→
director · ~58y · resigned 1993-12-10
Resigned
POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-12-19 · resigned 2014-12-08
Resigned
STRIKE, Jeffrey→
director · ~78y · resigned 1996-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (119 total)

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2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
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accounts · AA
2024-03-18
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2024-01-09
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2023-03-07
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2023-01-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
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officers · TM02
2022-03-04
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officers · AP03
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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accounts · AA
2021-07-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26