BRAMPTON HEATH GOLF CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

01462510 · ltd · incorporated 1979-11-21

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93120Activities of sport clubs

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.6y

30/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	48

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-06-27
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2025-12-19
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2024-12-31
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mortgage · MR01
2024-12-27
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accounts · AAMD
2024-12-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: William James Bertram Rice
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-04-23
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accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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2022-01-25
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accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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accounts · AA01
2018-10-17
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address · AD02
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-01
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accounts · AA
2015-09-01
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RICE, Juliet Sally appointed
director
2015-08-31
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RICE, Patricia Mary resigned
director
2014-02-26
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DAVISON, Gillian resigned
secretary
2014-02-26
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RICE, Anthony resigned
secretary
2012-06-12
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DAVISON, Gillian appointed
secretary
2012-06-12
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RICE, Anthony appointed
secretary
2008-12-05
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RICE, William James Bertram appointed
director
2008-03-07
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RICE, Brian Bowley resigned
secretary
2008-03-07
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RICE, Brian Bowley resigned
director
2006-10-01
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RICE, Brian Bowley appointed
secretary
2006-10-01
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RICE, Patricia Mary resigned
secretary
1979-11-21
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Company incorporated
As BRAMPTON HEATH GOLF CENTRE LTD

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William James Bertram Rice Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Juliet Sally Rice Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1979-11-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Haselbech Grange

Maidwell Road Haselbech

Northampton

NN6 9LF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

RICE, Juliet Sally→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-09-01

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Active

RICE, William James Bertram→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-12-05

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Active

DAVISON, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2012-06-12 · resigned 2014-02-26

Resigned

RICE, Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2012-06-12 · resigned 2014-02-26

Resigned

RICE, Brian Bowley→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2008-03-07

Resigned

RICE, Patricia Mary→

secretary · resigned 2006-10-01

Resigned

RICE, Brian Bowley→

director · ~95y · resigned 2008-03-07

Resigned

RICE, Patricia Mary→

director · ~95y · resigned 2015-08-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	William James Bertram Rice / Juliet Sally Rice / Whitehall Trustees as Trustees of the Rice Pension Scheme William James Bertram Rice / Juliet Sally Rice / Whitehall Trustees Limited as Trustees of the Rice Pension Scheme	A registered charge	1 property	23/12/2024	—

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Recent filings (117 total)

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2026-06-27

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2025-11-10

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mortgage · MR01

2024-12-31

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2024-12-27

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2024-12-17

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2024-11-06

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accounts · AA01

2024-04-23

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2023-12-20

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2023-11-03

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2023-01-31

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2022-11-01

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2022-01-25

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2021-11-08

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