2300 CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02970712 · ltd · incorporated 1994-09-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,390
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,182 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£9k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9.4k£15.6k
Current assets£9.4k£15.6k
Net assets£9.4k£15.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2022-01-24
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  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-30
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-09-01
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    GRINDROD, Ian appointed
    director
  9. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-14
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-09-16
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    BLUNDELL, Frederick Arthur resigned
    director
  12. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-01
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  14. 2016-12-01
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  15. 2015-12-04
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  16. 2015-09-28
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  17. 2015-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-11-05
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    SIMMONS, Clifford appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-05
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    EDWARDS, Harold resigned
    director
  20. 2001-09-22
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    MOLYNEUX, David Neil appointed
    director
  21. 2001-09-22
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    BLUNDELL, Frederick Arthur appointed
    director
  22. 2001-09-22
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    CROWE, Steven Edward resigned
    director
  23. 2001-09-22
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Harold appointed
    director
  24. 1994-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 2300 CLUB LIMITED
  25. 1994-09-23
    ➕
    NIXON, John Edward appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-09-23
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    NIXON, John Edward appointed
    director
  27. 1994-09-23
    ➕
    CROWE, Steven Edward 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

The Manor House, Twiston
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 4DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

NIXON, John Edward→
secretary · appointed 1994-09-23
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Active
GRINDROD, Ian→
director · ~76y · appointed 2020-09-01
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Active
MOLYNEUX, David Neil→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIXON, John Edward→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Clifford→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLUNDELL, Frederick Arthur→
director · ~100y · appointed 2001-09-22 · resigned 2019-09-16
Resigned
CROWE, Steven Edward→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-09-23 · resigned 2001-09-22
Resigned
EDWARDS, Harold→
director · ~98y · appointed 2001-09-22 · resigned 2009-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2025-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
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officers · AP01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-14