BENDRIGG TRUST

🌳Matureactive

01396557 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1978-10-27

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 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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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: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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 19.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

59 officers (13 active, 59 linked, 57 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

195 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (119 events)Click to expand

2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
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2026-06-12
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HEYWOOD-MACDONALD, Kirsty resigned
director
2026-06-12
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HIBBERT, Tom Walsh resigned
director
2026-03-16
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officers · CH01
2025-07-08
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2025-06-12
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2025-06-10
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2025-06-06
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CONNOR, Claire appointed
director
2025-06-06
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PRALL, Jeremy resigned
director
2025-03-25
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officers · AP01
2025-03-25
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2025-03-13
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HUXLEY, Richard appointed
director
2025-03-13
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WOODALL, Stuart Eric appointed
director
2024-07-23
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2024-06-24
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2024-06-21
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PEARMAN, Amy Edith resigned
director
2023-07-17
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2023-06-27
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2023-06-26
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2023-06-26
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2023-06-26
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2023-06-23
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HEYWOOD-MACDONALD, Kirsty appointed
director
2023-06-23
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MCGREGOR, Shelagh resigned
director
2023-06-23
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PEARMAN, Amy Edith appointed
director
2023-06-23
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RAYNER, Anne Judith resigned
director
2022-07-27
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2021-07-02
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2021-06-07
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2021-05-27
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MILLINGTON, Clare Hilary resigned
director
2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-01-28
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FOSTER, Kay appointed
director
2021-01-28
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PRALL, Jeremy appointed
director
2020-07-30
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DRUMMOND HAY, Robert Simon resigned
director
2020-07-30
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MATTHEWS, Montague Gordon Pattinson resigned
director
2019-09-19
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MCGREGOR, Shelagh appointed
director
2019-05-10
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HARDING, Donald James resigned
director
2019-05-10
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WINGATE-SAUL, Giles resigned
director
2019-02-28
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MATTHEWS, Montague Gordon Pattinson appointed
director
2018-10-31
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GROOM, Alyson resigned
director
2018-09-20
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BATES, Peter James appointed
director
2018-09-20
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PARRY, Kim appointed
director
2018-09-20
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WALTER, Adrian appointed
director
2018-09-20
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MILLINGTON, Clare Hilary appointed
director
2018-05-18
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HARKNESS, Deborah Kyle resigned
director
2017-09-21
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LAMBTON, Vanda Jane resigned
director
2017-05-12
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GOODLAND, Judith Mary resigned
director
2017-05-12
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SALE, Ewan Geoffrey Reed resigned
director
2017-01-01
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LILEY, Nicholas Peter appointed
secretary

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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

-12 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 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

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Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HEYWOOD-MACDONALD, Kirsty resigned 2026-06-12; HIBBERT, Tom Walsh resigned 2026-06-12

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1978-10-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Bendrigg Lodge

Old Hutton

Nr. Kendal

Cumbria

LA8 0NR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-28

Last: 2025-10-14