BRIDGWATER PANTOMIME SOCIETY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01443756 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1979-08-14

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 33.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 33.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

46 officers (12 active, 46 linked, 42 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

193 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	1100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (84 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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HANCOCK, Jayne appointed
director
2025-07-30
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NOLAN, Amanda appointed
director
2025-07-30
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WHEELER, Fiona appointed
director
2025-07-30
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PALMER, Derrick Mitchell resigned
director
2025-07-30
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PORTER, Lionel William Thomas resigned
director
2025-07-30
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2021-12-31
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TILL, Leslie Charles resigned
director
2021-06-30
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LEES, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2021-06-30
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MOUNTCASTLE, Jennifer Margaret resigned
secretary
2021-06-30
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MOUNTCASTLE, Keith resigned
director
2020-07-01
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CHILCOTT, Paul appointed
director
2018-06-01
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JOHNSON, Nigel resigned
director
2016-01-01
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WHITE, John Stewart resigned
director
2014-06-24
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BUNNEY, Adam William resigned
director
2014-06-24
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ELSON, Joanne Louise resigned
director
2013-07-23
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KETTLE, Christopher Stephen resigned
director
2013-07-23
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RAINEY, Karen resigned
director
2013-01-29
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TILL, Diana Mary resigned
director
2012-11-30
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STONE, Lindsey resigned
director
2012-09-19
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LEES, Susan Ann appointed
director
2012-06-26
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BISHOP, Janet Diane appointed
director
2012-06-26
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PRIDDLE, Kimberley Louise appointed
director
2012-06-26
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LEES, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2012-06-26
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LEES, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2012-06-26
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BUNNEY, Adam William appointed
director
2012-06-26
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ELSON, Joanne Louise appointed
director
2012-06-26
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FARRANCE, June Rosemary resigned
director
2012-06-26
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GREENSLADE, Marie Frances resigned
director
2012-06-26
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JOHNSON, Nigel appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

medium

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

Evidence: PALMER, Derrick Mitchell resigned 2025-07-30; PORTER, Lionel William Thomas resigned 2025-07-30

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1979-08-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

7 Castle Street

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 3DD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30