CUMBERLAND FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03929265 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-02-18

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 26.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

27 officers (7 active, 27 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	800	1200

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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officers · TM01
2026-04-24
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PATTISON, Adam David resigned
director
2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-27
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EARLY, Keelan resigned
director
2025-12-21
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address · AD01
2025-12-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
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officers · AP01
2025-02-07
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officers · AP01
2024-10-11
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DRUMMOND, Mark James appointed
director
2024-10-04
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EARLY, Keelan appointed
director
2024-09-17
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officers · TM01
2024-09-13
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PARKER, Ian resigned
director
2024-08-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-05
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incorporation · MA
2024-01-25
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officers · AP01
2024-01-19
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officers · TM01
2024-01-15
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DAVIDSON, Nigel Bryson appointed
director
2024-01-09
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TAYLOR, John Christopher resigned
director
2023-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-31
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CONWAY, Fred resigned
director
2020-12-31
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JACKSON, Tom Edwin resigned
director
2020-01-13
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RUDD, Jacqueline Catherine appointed
director
2019-01-14
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MURPHY, Christine resigned
director
2019-01-14
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PATTISON, Adam David appointed
director
2019-01-14
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TAYLOR, Brian resigned
director
2017-02-13
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PARKER, Ian appointed
director
2012-08-28
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SNOWDON, Ben appointed
secretary
2012-08-28
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TURRELL, Geoffrey resigned
secretary
2012-08-28
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TURRELL, Geoffrey resigned
director
2011-12-17
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SNOWDON, Ben appointed
director
2011-07-04
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MURPHY, Christine appointed
director
2007-08-18
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TURRELL, Geoffrey appointed
secretary
2007-08-17
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MURPHY, Joseph Albert resigned
secretary
2007-08-17
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MURPHY, Joseph Albert resigned
director
2007-06-07
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POOLE, Stephen Mark appointed
director
2007-06-07
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ROGERSON, John appointed
director
2007-06-07
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BROGDEN, Walter resigned
director
2007-06-07
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JACKSON, Tom Edwin appointed
director
2007-06-07
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WILLIAMSON, Jack resigned
director
2007-06-07
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WILSON, William resigned
director
2006-01-10
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CONWAY, Fred appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

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

-6 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 80 — 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 80 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

1 med · 1 low

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EARLY, Keelan resigned 2026-01-27; PATTISON, Adam David resigned 2026-04-24

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Incorporated2000-02-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Tithe House Unit 3

Tithe House - First Floor

Cockermouth

Cumbria

CA13 9PZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10