BRITISH GEAR ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

02806604 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1993-04-02

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 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: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

88 officers (12 active, 88 linked, 83 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

238 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	2	200

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

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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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (185 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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2025-06-03
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officers · TM01
2025-06-01
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SHARP, Thomas resigned
director
2025-05-12
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2024-04-18
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officers · CH01
2024-04-17
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officers · CH01
2024-04-15
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officers · CH01
2023-11-15
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officers · TM01
2023-11-13
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VAN ZYL, Pieter Frederik resigned
director
2023-10-18
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address · AD01
2023-07-11
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officers · AP01
2023-07-07
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accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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officers · AP01
2023-07-04
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officers · AP01
2023-07-03
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officers · AP01
2023-07-03
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officers · TM01
2023-06-26
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officers · TM02
2023-06-26
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officers · AP03
2023-06-22
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MCGREGOR, Kirsty Anne appointed
secretary
2023-06-22
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AL, Baydu Can appointed
director
2023-06-22
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CURTIS, David Thomas, Prof appointed
director
2023-06-22
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RADLEY, David Francis appointed
director
2023-06-22
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WINGROVE, Roger appointed
director
2023-06-22
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GILL, Denise Allison Mary resigned
secretary
2023-06-22
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COOK, Ben Douglas resigned
director
2023-02-15
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-15
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incorporation · MA
2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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O'HARA, Joseph Lawrence appointed
director
2021-06-24
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GLOVER, John Sefton resigned
director
2021-06-24
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MURRELL, Peter William resigned
director
2020-06-24
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SHARP, Thomas appointed
director
2019-10-30
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BUCKLEY, Shawn Anthony resigned
director
2019-06-20
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COOK, Ben Douglas appointed
director
2019-06-20
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GLOVER, John Sefton appointed
director
2018-04-12
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KIRK, Joseph Henry resigned
director
2016-11-17
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BUCKLEY, Shawn Anthony appointed
director
2016-11-17
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VAN ZYL, Pieter Frederik appointed
director
2016-04-13
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JACKSON, David Paul resigned
director
2016-03-24
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GILL, Denise Allison Mary appointed
secretary
2016-03-23
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ELLIOTT, Shirley resigned
secretary
2015-10-30
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NEWBERRY, Paul Terence resigned
director
2015-04-22
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MOUNTNEY, Michael John resigned
director
2014-08-31
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ENGLISH, Martyn Philip resigned
director
2013-08-25
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BRICKNELL, Reginald George resigned
director
2012-06-26
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FISH, Michael Anderson appointed
director
2012-06-26
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NADIN, Simon Peter John resigned
director
2011-06-28
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JACKSON, David Paul appointed
director
2011-06-28
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MCCANN, Michael resigned
director

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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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Brian Shaw Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	28/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1993-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

West House

King Cross Road

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX1 1EB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27