BRADFORD AND WINSLEY COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

05056686 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-02-26

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

£152.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £152,188

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£152k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£152.2k	£151.8k
Current assets	£12.7k	£12.3k
Net assets	£152.2k	£151.8k

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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CAVILL, Dean Edward appointed
director
2025-09-12
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officers · AP01
2025-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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officers · CH01
2025-09-12
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officers · CH01
2025-08-15
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RICKETTS, Mark Anthony resigned
director
2025-08-15
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officers · TM01
2025-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-23
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JENNER, Stephen Brian resigned
director
2023-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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officers · AP01
2020-12-16
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HURLEY, Philip Martin appointed
director
2020-12-16
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SAUNDERS, Malcolm Richard appointed
director
2020-12-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-17
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MATTHEWS, Kathryn Louise appointed
director
2020-11-17
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RICKETTS, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2020-11-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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officers · TM01
2019-01-09
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MIZEN, Michael Anthony resigned
director
2004-02-26
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Company incorporated
As BRADFORD AND WINSLEY COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION
2004-02-26
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HUNT, Derrick John appointed
secretary
2004-02-26
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HUNT, Derrick John appointed
director
2004-02-26
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JENNER, Stephen Brian appointed
director
2004-02-26
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MIZEN, Michael Anthony 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

-5 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 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Derrick John Hunt Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-02-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

43 Greenland Mills

Bradford On Avon

Wiltshire

BA15 1BL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25