BAHAMAS LOCO TRADING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02663115 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-14
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Museum activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (71/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees7

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-18
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    PEACH, Steven John resigned
    director
  7. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2018-11-22
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-31
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  16. 2015-09-14
    ➕
    WHITMORE, Keith Arthur appointed
    director
  17. 2015-05-11
    ➕
    GUEST, David James appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-16
    ➖
    HARPER, Martin St John resigned
    director
  19. 2014-12-01
    ➖
    HOLMES, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-12-01
    ➖
    HOLMES, Michael John resigned
    director
  21. 2012-04-17
    ➖
    HARPER, Martin St. John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-04-17
    ➕
    HOLMES, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2012-03-21
    ➕
    HOLMES, Michael John appointed
    director
  24. 2011-10-11
    ➕
    HARPER, Martin St. John appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-10-01
    ➖
    TAIT, Kenneth John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2011-10-01
    ➖
    TAIT, Kenneth John resigned
    director
  27. 2006-07-25
    ➖
    LAMBLEY, Joseph Edward resigned
    director
  28. 1999-04-21
    ➕
    HARPER, Martin St John appointed
    director
  29. 1999-04-21
    ➖
    WATERHOUSE, Peter Frederick resigned
    director
  30. 1991-11-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAHAMAS LOCO TRADING LTD.
  31. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    ALLSOP, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director
  32. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    BOWLER, George Charles appointed
    director
  33. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    HOWARD, Garry appointed
    director
  34. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    TAIT, Kenneth John appointed
    secretary
  35. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1991-11-14
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    LAMBLEY, Joseph Edward appointed
    director
  38. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    PEACH, Steven John appointed
    director
  39. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    TAIT, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  40. 1991-11-14
    ➕
    WATERHOUSE, Peter Frederick appointed
    director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Group structure

The Bahamas Locomotive Society Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
The Bahamas Locomotive Society Ltd
Corporate parent
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BAHAMAS LOCO TRADING LTD.
This company · 02663115

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Bahamas Locomotive Society Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1991-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

The Shippen 8 The Old Hall Court Yard
Heath
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 5ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (5 active · 10 resigned)

ALLSOP, Stephen Christopher→
director · ~81y · appointed 1991-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWLER, George Charles→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUEST, David James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-05-11
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Active
HOWARD, Garry→
director · ~67y · appointed 1991-11-14
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Active
WHITMORE, Keith Arthur→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Martin St. John→
secretary · appointed 2011-10-11 · resigned 2012-04-17
Resigned
HOLMES, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-17 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
TAIT, Kenneth John→
secretary · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 2011-10-01
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 1991-11-14
Resigned
HARPER, Martin St John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-04-21 · resigned 2015-03-16
Resigned
HOLMES, Michael John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-03-21 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
LAMBLEY, Joseph Edward→
director · ~91y · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 2006-07-25
Resigned
PEACH, Steven John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 2023-04-18
Resigned
TAIT, Kenneth John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 2011-10-01
Resigned
WATERHOUSE, Peter Frederick→
director · ~98y · appointed 1991-11-14 · resigned 1999-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-14