DORSET COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03721546 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-02-26

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

42 officers (13 active, 42 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

152 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	25	2100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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2025-10-01
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officers · AP01
2025-09-30
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-29
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officers · CH01
2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-29
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officers · AP01
2025-09-24
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officers · TM01
2025-09-18
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FRAMPTON, Janie Lorraine appointed
director
2025-09-18
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PERLEJEWSKI, Andrew John appointed
director
2025-09-18
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SHEILDS, Amanda Louise appointed
director
2025-09-18
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PENNINGTON, George resigned
director
2025-04-24
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officers · TM01
2025-04-24
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officers · TM01
2025-04-24
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2025-04-10
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ANGEL, Natasha resigned
director
2025-04-10
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CHARLTON, Christopher resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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incorporation · MA
2024-11-11
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incorporation · MA
2024-10-27
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incorporation · MA
2024-03-26
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2024-02-05
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2024-01-10
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officers · TM01
2024-01-05
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2024-01-01
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PENNINGTON, George appointed
director
2023-12-31
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THEOBALD, Geoff Albert resigned
director
2023-12-22
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ANGEL, Natasha appointed
director
2023-10-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-26
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address · AD01
2023-10-26
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2023-10-19
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BILLIMORE, Hilary appointed
director
2023-09-17
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HOUGH, Susan Ann resigned
director
2023-08-24
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VAUGHAN, Roger Glyn appointed
secretary
2023-08-24
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HOUGH, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2023-08-15
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VAUGHAN, Roger Glyn appointed
director
2023-06-08
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THOMAS, Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-09-23
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MCWILLIAM, David Charles appointed
director
2021-09-01
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CORBIN, David Da Costa appointed
director
2021-08-12
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SAXON, Nigel appointed
director
2021-08-12
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FITZGIBBON, Scott David resigned
director
2021-08-12
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MILES, Spencer David resigned
director
2021-08-12
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PIKE, Geoffrey resigned
director
2021-08-12
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THOMAS, Elizabeth appointed
director
2019-09-05
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DREW, David George appointed
director
2019-09-01
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TOMS, Wendy Ann appointed
director
2019-02-21
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FITZGIBBON, Scott David appointed
director
2017-07-01
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THEOBALD, Geoff Albert appointed
director
2017-06-30
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SMURTHWAITE, Douglas Harrison 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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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
Mr Roger Glyn Vaughan Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	—	—	board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest	19/10/2023

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Christopher Charltonceased 10/04/2025· significant influence · firm interest
Miss Susan Ann Houghceased 24/08/2023· board control · firm interest
Mr Spencer David Milesceased 12/08/2021· 25-50% voting
Mr Geoffrey Pikeceased 21/02/2019· 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1999-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

County Ground Blandford Close

Hamworthy

Poole

Dorset

BH15 4BF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12