HARROGATE FLOWER SHOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02485663 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-27

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 35.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-243.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £243,459

Cash YoY

+10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£150k

↑ 9.9% YoY

Net Worth

-£243k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£290k

↑ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-226.8k	£-246.3k
Current assets	£290.5k	£196.6k
Cash	£149.9k	£136.3k
Debtors	£140.6k	£60.3k
Net assets	£-243.5k	£-313.0k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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address · AD01
2025-08-05
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accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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officers · CH01
2023-01-19
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officers · CH01
2023-01-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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officers · CH01
2022-08-18
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officers · CH01
2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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ROBINSON, Jane appointed
secretary
2019-11-21
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KITCHEN, Jane resigned
secretary
2019-11-21
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officers · AP03
2019-11-21
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officers · TM02
2019-11-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2011-03-16
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MATTHEWMAN, David appointed
director
2011-01-12
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SUTCLIFFE, Peter Douglas resigned
director
2010-03-17
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BAYLISS, Caroline Jane appointed
director
2010-03-17
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CRYER, Samuel Frederick resigned
director
2008-03-19
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SMITH, Christopher Stephen Hattersley appointed
director
2008-03-19
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STACKHOUSE, Paul Louis resigned
director
2007-03-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-11-09
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SUTCLIFFE, Peter Douglas appointed
director
2005-07-31
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INMAN, Richard Robert Randall resigned
director
2004-03-24
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BROADBENT, Donald resigned
director
2000-03-30
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BROWNBRIDGE, Roger resigned
director
1998-05-01
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KITCHEN, Jane appointed
secretary
1998-05-01
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RAVENSCROFT, Alan resigned
secretary
1998-05-01
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BROWNBRIDGE, Roger appointed
director
1998-03-19
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BROADBENT, Donald appointed
director
1996-03-18
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MILTON, John Victor resigned
director
1995-08-21
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HARTLEY, Philip David resigned
director
1995-03-16
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INMAN, Richard Robert Randall appointed
director
1994-03-23
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STACKHOUSE, Paul Louis appointed
director
1992-07-06
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EVES, Richard Jackson resigned
director
1990-12-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The North of England Horticultural Society
1990-03-27
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Company incorporated
As HARROGATE FLOWER SHOW LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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.)

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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

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 The Stables

Newby Hall

Ripon

North Yorkshire

HG4 5AE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

ROBINSON, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2019-11-21

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Active

BAYLISS, Caroline Jane→

director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-17

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Active

MATTHEWMAN, David→

director · ~78y · appointed 2011-03-16

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Active

SMITH, Christopher Stephen Hattersley→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

KITCHEN, Jane→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2019-11-21

Resigned

RAVENSCROFT, Alan→

secretary · resigned 1998-05-01

Resigned

BROADBENT, Donald→

director · ~101y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 2004-03-24

Resigned

BROWNBRIDGE, Roger→

director · ~82y · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2000-03-30

Resigned

CRYER, Samuel Frederick→

director · ~92y · resigned 2010-03-17

Resigned

EVES, Richard Jackson→

director · ~98y · resigned 1992-07-06

Resigned

HARTLEY, Philip David→

director · ~109y · resigned 1995-08-21

Resigned

INMAN, Richard Robert Randall→

director · ~96y · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 2005-07-31

Resigned

MILTON, John Victor→

director · ~104y · resigned 1996-03-18

Resigned

STACKHOUSE, Paul Louis→

director · ~98y · appointed 1994-03-23 · resigned 2008-03-19

Resigned

SUTCLIFFE, Peter Douglas→

director · ~89y · appointed 2005-11-09 · resigned 2011-01-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	The North of England Horticultural Society	Debenture	1 property	03/12/1990	30/03/2007

Recent filings (116 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-06

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

address · AD01

2026-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-08-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-09-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-19