BURSTED MANOR LIVERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01869618 · ltd · incorporated 1984-12-07
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    capital · SH10
  4. 2024-03-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  5. 2024-03-26
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-04-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-01
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    TOMBS, Pamela Ann resigned
    director
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-06-19
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    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2019-06-18
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    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-18
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    TOMBS, Rebecca Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2017-03-18
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    TOMBS, Pamela Ann resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-04-28
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    TOMBS, Guy Antony resigned
    director
  22. 2011-04-22
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    STOCKDALE, Freya Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-22
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    BOLLAND, David Paul resigned
    director
  24. 2011-04-22
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    TOMBS, Guy Antony appointed
    director
  25. 1995-05-01
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    TOMBS, Rebecca Ann appointed
    director
  26. 1984-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BURSTED MANOR LIVERY LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Freya Ann Stockdale
Individual · British · DOB 07/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/03/2021
Miss Rebecca Ann Tombs
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Pamela Ann Tombsceased 29/03/2021· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1984-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Camburgh House
27 New Dover Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 3DN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TOMBS, Rebecca Ann→
secretary · appointed 2017-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOCKDALE, Freya Ann→
director · ~35y · appointed 2011-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOMBS, Rebecca Ann→
director · ~55y · appointed 1995-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOMBS, Pamela Ann→
secretary · resigned 2017-03-18
Resigned
BOLLAND, David Paul→
director · ~69y · resigned 2011-04-22
Resigned
TOMBS, Guy Antony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-04-22 · resigned 2016-04-28
Resigned
TOMBS, Pamela Ann→
director · ~82y · resigned 2020-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14