BS & CONSERVATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
05026642 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-01-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees600700

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-02-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-01
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    HARDSTAFF, James William appointed
    director
  14. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-09-05
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    TURNER, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  17. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-10-01
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    TURNER, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  20. 2013-08-31
    ➕
    OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-08-31
    ➕
    BELL-IRVING, Fiona appointed
    director
  22. 2013-08-31
    ➕
    OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson appointed
    director
  23. 2013-08-31
    ➖
    HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber resigned
    secretary
  24. 2013-08-31
    ➖
    HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber resigned
    director
  25. 2013-08-31
    ➖
    MARTIN, John Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2010-01-18
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    EDWARDS, Edward Foster resigned
    director
  27. 2009-02-01
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    CASSWELL, John Richard resigned
    director
  28. 2006-05-01
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    MARTIN, John Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson resigned
    director
  30. 2004-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BS & CONSERVATION LTD
  31. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    BRODIE, Simon Robert appointed
    director
  32. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber appointed
    secretary
  33. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    CASSWELL, John Richard appointed
    director
  34. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Edward Foster appointed
    director
  35. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber appointed
    director
  36. 2004-01-27
    ➕
    OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Incorporated2004-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Belvoir Hunt Kennels
Belvoir Castle
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG32 1PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson→
secretary · appointed 2013-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL-IRVING, Fiona→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRODIE, Simon Robert→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDSTAFF, James William→
director · ~78y · appointed 2021-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson→
director · ~81y · appointed 2013-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2013-08-31
Resigned
CASSWELL, John Richard→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
EDWARDS, Edward Foster→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2010-01-18
Resigned
HORNBUCKLE, Marian Bamber→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2013-08-31
Resigned
MARTIN, John Richard→
director · ~80y · appointed 2006-05-01 · resigned 2013-08-31
Resigned
OWEN, Victoria Alison Wilson→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-01-27 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
TURNER, Nicholas John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2013-10-01 · resigned 2019-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-08