BLOCKLEY SPORTS CLUB UTILITIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04677410 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-25

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-03
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HARDWICK, Jason Ian resigned
director
2026-05-03
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officers · TM01
2025-06-13
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2024-07-17
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2023-11-10
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2022-07-18
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2021-06-08
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2020-06-19
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2019-06-14
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2018-06-18
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2017-05-31
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2016-05-24
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2016-03-08
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-08
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officers · CH03
2015-05-29
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accounts · AA
2015-03-17
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2009-07-01
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DEWHURST, John resigned
director
2009-06-01
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HARDWICK, Jason Ian appointed
director
2003-02-25
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Company incorporated
As BLOCKLEY SPORTS CLUB UTILITIES LIMITED
2003-02-25
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RIGHTON, Rachel appointed
secretary
2003-02-25
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LIPTROT, Marie Lizbeth appointed
director
2003-02-25
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-25
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-25
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DEWHURST, John appointed
director
2003-02-25
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-02-25
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Marie Lizbeth Liptrot Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Sparmoor

Station Road

Blockley

Gloucestershire

GL56 9TS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

RIGHTON, Rachel→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

LIPTROT, Marie Lizbeth→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-02-25

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Active

ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2003-02-25

Resigned

DEWHURST, John→

director · ~84y · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2009-07-01

Resigned

HARDWICK, Jason Ian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2026-05-03

Resigned

ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-25 · resigned 2003-02-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-05

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officers · TM01

2026-05-03