BATH BOATING STATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05068214 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £172.2k |
| Cash | — | £154.1k |
| Net assets | — | £168.0k |
| Average employees | 4 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-12-17➕HIGGINS, Eloise Hardick appointeddirector
- 2025-12-17➖HIGGINS, Stephen Derek resignedsecretary
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-07➖HARDICK, Terence Michael resigneddirector
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-03➕HARDICK, Terence Michael appointeddirector
- 2007-09-29➕HIGGINS, Stephen Derek appointedsecretary
- 2007-08-29➖HARDICK, Mary resignedsecretary
- 2004-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BATH BOATING STATION LIMITED
- 2004-03-09➕HARDICK, Sarah Louise appointeddirector
- 2004-03-09➕HARDICK, Mary appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Eloise Hardick Higgins Individual · British · DOB 05/1999 · age 27 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 17/12/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Terence Michael Hardickceased 17/12/2025· 50-75% shares
- Miss Sarah Louise Hardickceased 17/12/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Registered office
The Boating Station Forester Road
Bathwick
Bath
Somerset
BA2 6QE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
HARDICK, Sarah Louise→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-03-09
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HIGGINS, Eloise Hardick→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2025-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARDICK, Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-09 · resigned 2007-08-29
HIGGINS, Stephen Derek→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-09-29 · resigned 2025-12-17
HARDICK, Terence Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 2017-11-03 · resigned 2025-02-07
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29