BUXTON FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02823127 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-01

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£406.0k

book net assets

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 30.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

60 officers (8 active, 60 linked, 46 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

199 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £405,953

Cash YoY

+188%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£69k

↑ 188% YoY

Net Worth

£406k

↑ 209% YoY

Current Assets

£153k

↑ 125% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£585.0k	£410.5k
Current assets	£153.2k	£68.1k
Cash	£69.0k	£23.9k
Debtors	£78.4k	£38.4k
Net assets	£406.0k	£131.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (132 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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officers · AP03
2024-05-08
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HILL, Christopher appointed
secretary
2024-05-08
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officers · TM02
2024-04-30
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BARTON, Michael resigned
secretary
2023-12-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-05-24
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officers · CH01
2023-04-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-04-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-12
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officers · TM01
2022-12-12
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-07
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BRINDLEY, David resigned
secretary
2022-12-07
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BRINDLEY, David resigned
director
2022-11-16
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accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
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BRINDLEY, David appointed
secretary
2021-07-27
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officers · AP03
2021-07-27
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officers · TM01
2021-07-25
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SHENTON, Mark resigned
director
2021-05-12
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accounts · AA
2021-05-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-10
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BRINDLEY, David appointed
director
2021-05-10
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STOW, Rachel Leonie resigned
director
2020-06-02
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BARTON, Michael appointed
secretary
2020-06-02
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TURNER, Robert James resigned
secretary
2020-06-02
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MORTEN, Steven Andrew resigned
director
2020-06-02
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STOW, Rachel Leonie appointed
director
2018-09-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Anthony Pual Marlton
2018-06-01
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TURNER, Robert James appointed
secretary
2018-05-31
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ROBERTS, Donald Bryn resigned
secretary
2018-05-31
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ROBERTS, Donald Bryn resigned
director
2018-05-03
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-05-03
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-05-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-11-09
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HUGHES, Andrew Mark appointed
director
2017-06-07
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CONNEELY, Micheal Thomas resigned
director
2017-06-07
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TURNER, Robert James resigned
director
2017-03-03
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TURNER, Robert James appointed
director
2017-03-03
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TURNER, Robert James resigned
director
2016-10-17
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JAYAWARDENA, Esther Jane appointed
director
2016-10-17
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MORTEN, Steven Andrew appointed
director
2016-10-17
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TURNER, Robert James appointed
director
2016-07-22
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TURNER, Robert James appointed
director
2015-09-01
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THEEDOM, Colin resigned
director
2014-12-17
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SHENTON, Mark appointed
director
2014-11-27
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BELFIELD, David George resigned
director
2013-09-30
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SHENTON, Mark 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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-06-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

The Silverlands

Buxton

Derbyshire

SK17 6QH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30