B & A SNOOKER & POOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05083502 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£58.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,646
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,292 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£59k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£119k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£49k£74k£99k£123kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£64.1k£80.0k
Current assets£119.0k£123.5k
Net assets£58.6k£75.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-28
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  2. 2025-03-12
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  3. 2025-03-11
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  4. 2025-03-04
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  5. 2023-12-28
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  6. 2022-12-30
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  7. 2021-12-30
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  8. 2021-03-30
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  9. 2019-12-29
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  10. 2019-01-31
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  11. 2018-01-31
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  12. 2016-12-30
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  13. 2016-03-29
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  14. 2015-12-30
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  15. 2015-03-26
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  16. 2012-08-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2004-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As B & A SNOOKER & POOL LIMITED
  18. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    WHITTAM, Yvonne Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    WHITTAM, Bryan appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-03-24
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2004-03-24
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-03-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. 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.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryan Whittam
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest24/03/2017
Mr Andrew Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/03/2017

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
Incorporated2004-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

174 Union Road
Oswaldtwistle
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 3EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHITTAM, Yvonne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-24
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Active
LAMBERT, Andrew→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-03-24
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Active
WHITTAM, Bryan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-03-24
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-24 · resigned 2004-03-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-24 · resigned 2004-03-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/08/2012—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
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accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-20
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gazette · DISS40
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27