BARROW AND DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02748025 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-09-16
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
32 officers (3 active, 32 linked, 28 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
131 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-10-19
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    OHARA, Edward resigned
    director
  5. 2023-10-19
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  6. 2022-11-14
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  7. 2021-11-24
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  8. 2021-10-18
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    CRAWFORD, Herbert Duncan resigned
    director
  9. 2021-10-18
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    CRAWFORD, Jonathan resigned
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  10. 2021-10-18
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  11. 2021-10-18
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  12. 2020-12-08
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  13. 2019-11-22
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  14. 2018-12-14
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  15. 2018-09-17
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  16. 2017-09-29
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  17. 2017-09-15
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    YARDLEY, Neil resigned
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  18. 2016-11-03
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  19. 2015-10-01
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  20. 2014-09-01
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    YARDLEY, Michael John resigned
    director
  21. 2013-09-01
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    WHITE, Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2012-06-04
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    HARRISON, John Arthur resigned
    director
  23. 2011-09-01
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    ALLEN, Keith resigned
    director
  24. 2011-09-01
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    CRAWFORD, Jonathan appointed
    director
  25. 2011-09-01
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    YARDLEY, Neil appointed
    director
  26. 2010-03-23
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    SCHWER, Raymond resigned
    director
  27. 2009-08-03
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    HARRISON, John Arthur appointed
    director
  28. 2008-05-06
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    STANDING, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  29. 2008-04-21
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    CAIRNS, Stephen resigned
    director
  30. 2008-04-21
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    HARRIS, Jamie resigned
    director
  31. 2007-03-01
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    WHITE, Charles appointed
    director
  32. 2006-10-02
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    PETHER, Colin resigned
    director
  33. 2006-10-02
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    SMITH, John Graham resigned
    director
  34. 2006-08-01
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    HARRIS, Roger Douglas resigned
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  35. 2005-11-01
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    SWAN, Katherine resigned
    director
  36. 2005-10-01
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    CROWE, Robert Brian resigned
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  37. 2005-09-06
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    SHAW, Leslie resigned
    director
  38. 2005-06-07
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    STANDING, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  39. 2005-05-04
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    SOUTHAM, David Gordon resigned
    director
  40. 2005-04-01
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    HARRIS, Jamie appointed
    director
  41. 2005-04-01
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    PETHER, Colin appointed
    director
  42. 2004-03-02
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    NEEDHAM, Malcolm resigned
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  43. 2004-03-02
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    SOUTHAM, David Gordon appointed
    director
  44. 2004-03-01
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    SHAW, Leslie appointed
    director
  45. 2004-01-04
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    SWAN, Katherine appointed
    director
  46. 2003-08-01
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    SMITH, John Graham appointed
    director
  47. 2003-06-01
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    GASSON, Michael John resigned
    director
  48. 2002-11-01
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    EDWARDS, Keith appointed
    secretary
  49. 2002-11-01
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    REED, John Bispham resigned
    secretary
  50. 2002-11-01
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    REED, John Bispham resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1992-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

23 Leece Lane
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA13 0JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 29 resigned)

EDWARDS, Keith→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01
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Active
EDWARDS, Keith→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
FARRER, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-07-03
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Active
REED, John Bispham→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-17 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
COURT SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-16 · resigned 1992-09-16
Resigned
ALLEN, Keith→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-09-06 · resigned 2011-09-01
Resigned
CAIRNS, Stephen→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-08-03 · resigned 2008-04-21
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Herbert Duncan→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-06-02 · resigned 2021-10-18
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Jonathan→
director · ~38y · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2021-10-18
Resigned
CROWE, Robert Brian→
director · ~88y · appointed 2002-09-03 · resigned 2005-10-01
Resigned
GASSON, Michael John→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-06-02 · resigned 2003-06-01
Resigned
GOMERSALL, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2001-12-03
Resigned
HARRIS, Jamie→
director · ~49y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-04-21
Resigned
HARRIS, Roger Douglas→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-10-05 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
HARRISON, John Arthur→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-08-03 · resigned 2012-06-04
Resigned
HODGSON, Ronald Edward→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-08-02 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned
MCKINNON, Neil→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-08-02 · resigned 1999-08-03
Resigned
NEEDHAM, Malcolm→
director · ~94y · appointed 1994-04-27 · resigned 2004-03-02
Resigned
OHARA, Edward→
director · ~95y · appointed 1992-10-05 · resigned 2023-10-19
Resigned
PETHER, Colin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2006-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (131 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16