ARUN DISTRICT INDOOR BOWLING CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01711066 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-03-30

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

42 officers (6 active, 42 linked, 38 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

156 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	300	300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-07-08
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officers · TM01
2026-06-30
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FITCH, Barrie Roger resigned
director
2026-03-23
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REYNOLDS, Nigel appointed
director
2026-03-23
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officers · AP01
2026-01-29
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accounts · AA
2025-01-26
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accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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RICHARDS, Marion resigned
director
2025-01-15
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officers · TM01
2024-01-15
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officers · AP01
2024-01-08
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JONES, David appointed
director
2023-09-18
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accounts · AA
2023-05-28
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officers · TM01
2023-05-22
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BASHFORD, Nicholas resigned
director
2022-12-31
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accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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officers · AP01
2022-08-10
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officers · AP01
2022-08-10
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officers · AP01
2022-08-10
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officers · TM01
2022-08-04
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WAKEFORD, Peter appointed
director
2022-08-04
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BASHFORD, Nicholas appointed
director
2022-08-04
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RICHARDS, Marion appointed
director
2022-07-24
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LEAMAN, Gordon resigned
director
2022-01-02
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accounts · AA
2021-10-05
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officers · TM01
2021-09-30
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BROWN, Andrew John resigned
director
2021-03-11
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accounts · AA
2019-12-21
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accounts · AA
2018-10-19
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accounts · AA
2018-08-09
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HOBBS, Frederick appointed
director
2018-08-09
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BROWN, Andrew John appointed
director
2018-08-09
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LILLFORD, Peter Anthony resigned
director
2013-08-15
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HOBBS, Christine Ann appointed
secretary
2013-08-15
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HOBBS, Christine Ann appointed
director
2013-08-15
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BONNAR, Susan Robin resigned
secretary
2013-08-15
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BONNAR, Susan Robin resigned
director
2013-08-15
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LILLFORD, Peter Anthony appointed
director
2012-12-22
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NAPPER, Barry John resigned
director
2011-10-11
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JOHNSON, Michael Frederick resigned
director
2010-08-12
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FITCH, Barrie Roger appointed
director
2010-08-12
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GREENAWAY, Vivienne Eileen resigned
director
2010-08-12
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HURDLE, David John resigned
director
2010-08-12
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LEAMAN, Gordon appointed
director
2010-08-12
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WHY, Barrie John resigned
director
2009-08-13
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GREENFIELD, John resigned
director
2009-08-13
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JOHNSON, Michael Frederick appointed
director
2008-08-15
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GREENFIELD, John appointed
director
2008-08-14
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SAYERS, David Anthony resigned
director
2007-08-16
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HURDLE, David John appointed
director
2007-08-16
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NAPPER, Barry John appointed
director
2007-04-30
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BOWLES, David George resigned
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-03-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Nyewood Lane

Bognor Regis

West Sussex

PO21 2TT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06