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04329355 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-11-27
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
29 officers (6 active, 29 linked, 22 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees14001400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-01-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-09-26
    ➕
    SPENCER-BARNES, David Thomas appointed
    director
  16. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-03-15
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    BALDERSTONE, Steven Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2018-03-15
    ➕
    SPENCER-BARNES, John Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2017-10-10
    ➖
    PENGELLY, Raymond James resigned
    director
  22. 2017-09-08
    ➖
    SWENSON, Adrian resigned
    director
  23. 2016-08-31
    ➖
    CROSSMAN, Ian John resigned
    director
  24. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    HODGSON, Maurice appointed
    director
  25. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    STEBBINGS, Steven Geoffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2015-10-11
    ➕
    PARSONS, Gary John appointed
    director
  27. 2015-10-11
    ➖
    BARRATT, Martin James resigned
    director
  28. 2015-10-11
    ➖
    HORROCKS, Andrew William, Dr resigned
    director
  29. 2015-10-11
    ➕
    PENGELLY, Raymond James appointed
    director
  30. 2015-10-11
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Richard Andrew resigned
    director
  31. 2015-10-11
    ➕
    SWENSON, Adrian appointed
    director
  32. 2015-07-12
    ➕
    HORROCKS, Andrew William, Dr appointed
    director
  33. 2014-11-26
    ➕
    CROSSMAN, Ian John appointed
    director
  34. 2014-10-26
    ➖
    CALLAND, Paul Richard resigned
    director
  35. 2014-10-26
    ➖
    PARSONS, Gary John resigned
    director
  36. 2013-11-08
    ➖
    CAMERON, Ewen Charles resigned
    director
  37. 2012-11-28
    ➖
    JINKS, Benjamin Joseph resigned
    director
  38. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    BARRATT, Martin James appointed
    director
  39. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ewen Charles appointed
    director
  40. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  41. 2010-02-01
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  42. 2009-06-01
    ➕
    BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  43. 2009-05-15
    ➖
    BUCKMASTER, Harry Julian resigned
    secretary
  44. 2009-05-15
    ➖
    BUCKMASTER, Harry Julian resigned
    director
  45. 2008-04-08
    ➕
    JINKS, Benjamin Joseph appointed
    director
  46. 2008-02-28
    ➖
    DAVIS, Michael Robert Edmund resigned
    director
  47. 2008-02-28
    ➖
    PARSONS, James Alan resigned
    director
  48. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    CALLAND, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  49. 2006-09-18
    ➕
    BUCKMASTER, Harry Julian appointed
    secretary
  50. 2006-09-18
    ➖
    HAMILTON, Stuart resigned
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2001-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

49 Beetham Road
Milnthorpe
LA7 7QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (6 active · 23 resigned)

BALDERSTONE, Steven Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGSON, Maurice→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARSONS, Gary John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCER-BARNES, David Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCER-BARNES, John Stuart→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEBBINGS, Steven Geoffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKMASTER, Harry Julian→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2009-05-15
Resigned
HAMILTON, Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2006-09-18
Resigned
SWENSON, Adrian Paul Wray→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-27 · resigned 2003-10-28
Resigned
BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-27 · resigned 2001-11-27
Resigned
BARRATT, Martin James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2015-10-11
Resigned
BUCKMASTER, Harry Julian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2009-05-15
Resigned
CALLAND, Paul Richard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2014-10-26
Resigned
CAMERON, Ewen Charles→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2013-11-08
Resigned
CROSSMAN, Ian John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-11-26 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned
DAVIS, Michael Robert Edmund→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2008-02-28
Resigned
HAMILTON, Stuart→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-11-27 · resigned 2006-09-18
Resigned
HARGREAVES, Christopher→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2005-03-13
Resigned
HORROCKS, Andrew William, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-07-12 · resigned 2015-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18