WORLD PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE)

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01607454 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1982-01-13

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 36.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 36.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 36.1 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: medium (68/100)

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

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

75 officers (6 active, 75 linked, 63 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

294 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30
Average employees	1000

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

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (155 events)Click to expand

2026-05-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-16
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-02-26
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address · AD01
2025-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
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WOOLLASTON, Benjamin Michael appointed
director
2025-06-09
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officers · AP01
2025-02-04
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officers · TM01
2025-02-03
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MURPHY, Shaun Peter resigned
director
2025-01-17
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officers · AP01
2025-01-13
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DAVIS, Mark Christopher appointed
director
2024-12-18
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officers · TM01
2024-12-11
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BOND, Nigel Graham resigned
director
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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OLDFIELD, Nigel Terrance appointed
director
2024-10-31
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officers · AP01
2024-01-25
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officers · AP01
2024-01-24
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officers · AP01
2024-01-23
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BOND, Nigel Graham appointed
director
2024-01-23
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MURPHY, Shaun Peter appointed
director
2023-12-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-18
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officers · TM01
2023-12-13
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DUNN, Andrew Michael resigned
director
2023-12-13
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LINES, Peter resigned
director
2023-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts · AA
2021-02-23
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officers · TM01
2021-02-21
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DOHERTY, Ken resigned
director
2019-12-20
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DUNN, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2019-12-20
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LINES, Peter appointed
director
2019-12-20
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VERHAAS, Jan resigned
director
2019-06-06
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MURPHY, Shaun Peter resigned
director
2018-07-14
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HORNBY, Christopher James John appointed
secretary
2018-07-13
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BROWNELL, Simon Paul resigned
secretary
2017-12-13
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MCMANUS, Alan resigned
director
2017-12-13
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MURPHY, Shaun Peter appointed
director
2017-02-15
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MCMANUS, Alan appointed
director
2017-01-15
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DAVIS, Steve resigned
director
2016-12-14
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CHAMBERLAIN, Alan resigned
director
2016-12-14
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VERHAAS, Jan appointed
director
2012-05-02
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DOHERTY, Ken appointed
director
2011-09-30
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BROWNELL, Simon Paul appointed
secretary
2011-09-30
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EYERS, Elaine resigned
secretary
2011-07-01
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MAWER, Nigel Mark appointed
director
2011-07-01
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DOUGLAS, David resigned
director
2010-10-06
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CHAMBERLAIN, Alan appointed
director
2010-07-30
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HEARN, Barry Maurice William resigned
director
2010-07-30
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PARKER, Brandon Vernon resigned
director
2010-05-09
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FERGUSON, Jason Elliott appointed
director

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1982-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Podium Cambridge House

Henry Street

Bath

BA1 1BT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17