BANBURY AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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04352788 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-01-14

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

59 officers (9 active, 59 linked, 57 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

186 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (131 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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2026-04-17
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2026-04-14
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2026-04-13
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SMITH, Victoria Louise appointed
director
2026-01-15
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officers · TM01
2026-01-14
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WILD, Neil Thomas resigned
director
2025-07-30
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2025-07-15
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SLATER, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2025-05-30
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2025-02-14
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2025-02-14
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2025-02-14
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2025-02-11
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MCGREGOR, Emma Charlotte appointed
director
2025-02-11
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ILEY, Rebecca resigned
director
2025-02-11
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LOVE, Allen resigned
director
2024-05-07
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accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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2024-04-23
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MALLIER, Lisa-Marie appointed
director
2024-01-29
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2024-01-23
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2024-01-23
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2024-01-01
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ILEY, Rebecca appointed
director
2023-12-31
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BUCKLEY, Nancy Stewart resigned
director
2023-12-31
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ROBINSON, Joanna Leah Claire resigned
director
2023-07-18
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-03
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2023-07-03
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2023-06-28
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WREN, Oliver appointed
director
2023-06-15
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BRADLEY, Susan Jane appointed
director
2023-04-27
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GARDNER, Peter David resigned
director
2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2022-06-22
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2022-04-30
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BRODEY, Philip Anthony resigned
director
2022-03-29
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2021-10-13
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HETTENBACH, Derek Wayne appointed
director
2021-03-23
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BOULTON, Victoria Margaret Anne resigned
director
2021-02-17
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BRIGGS, Julie Ann resigned
director
2020-11-18
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ENGLAND, Adam David resigned
director
2019-11-28
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BUCKLEY, Nancy Stewart appointed
director
2019-11-28
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LOVE, Allen appointed
director
2019-11-28
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ROBINSON, Joanna Leah Claire appointed
director
2019-09-02
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MARSHALL, Anne Margaret resigned
director
2019-08-20
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DAVIES, Andrew Christopher resigned
director
2019-04-26
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JACKSON, Paul Thomas resigned
director
2019-04-09
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POOLE, Nicholas Sandford resigned
director
2019-02-28
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JONES, Andy resigned
director
2018-07-05
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BOULTON, Victoria Margaret Anne appointed
director
2018-07-05
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BRIGGS, Julie Ann appointed
director
2018-07-05
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MARSHALL, Anne Margaret appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

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

Incorporated2002-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Kineton House

31 Horsefair

Banbury

Oxfordshire

OX16 0AE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14