BEDFORD STEAM ENGINE CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01955552 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-11-07

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-08
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BOUGHTON, Ellen resigned
director
2025-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-10
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-05
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address · AD01
2024-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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officers · AP01
2021-03-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-16
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-01
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SMITH, Sarah appointed
director
2021-03-01
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BOUGHTON, Ellen appointed
director
2021-03-01
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SAUNDERS, John Alfread Gorge resigned
director
2019-06-18
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ROBERTS, David James appointed
director
2019-06-18
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WORBEY, Lindsay Mary resigned
director
2000-03-06
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MCLEAN, Bruce resigned
director
1998-05-31
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COULSON, Paul David resigned
director
1998-05-31
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MCLEAN, Bruce appointed
director
1998-05-31
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PENTLOW, Robert Edward resigned
director
1998-05-31
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SAUNDERS, John Alfread Gorge appointed
director
1996-04-29
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COULSON, Peter Burdett resigned
director
1995-07-17
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COULSON, Paul David appointed
director
1985-11-07
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Company incorporated
As BEDFORD STEAM ENGINE CLUB LIMITED

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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Paul Martin Worbey Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr David James Roberts Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1985-11-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

16 Stanford Road

Southill

Biggleswade

SG18 9HX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-02

Last: 2026-06-18

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

WORBEY, Paul Martin→

secretary

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Active

ROBERTS, David James→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-06-18

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Active

SMITH, Sarah→

director · ~41y · appointed 2021-03-01

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Active

WORBEY, Paul Martin→

director · ~74y

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Active

BOUGHTON, Ellen→

director · ~26y · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2025-11-08

Resigned

COULSON, Paul David→

director · ~60y · appointed 1995-07-17 · resigned 1998-05-31

Resigned

COULSON, Peter Burdett→

director · ~109y · resigned 1996-04-29

Resigned

MCLEAN, Bruce→

director · ~76y · appointed 1998-05-31 · resigned 2000-03-06

Resigned

PENTLOW, Robert Edward→

director · ~80y · resigned 1998-05-31

Resigned

SAUNDERS, John Alfread Gorge→

director · ~76y · appointed 1998-05-31 · resigned 2021-03-01

Resigned

WORBEY, Lindsay Mary→

director · ~72y · resigned 2019-06-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-24

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-11-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-22

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-09-11

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-09-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-05

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-09-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-06-06

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-04

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-07-04