BERWICK & DISTRICT RUGBY FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

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05233736 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-09-16

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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2025-09-24
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2025-09-24
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2025-09-24
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2024-12-13
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officers · AP01
2024-12-12
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COOPER, Matthew John Cornelius appointed
director
2024-12-12
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FREW, Henry Forrest appointed
director
2024-12-06
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accounts · AA
2023-11-06
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accounts · AA
2023-10-16
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officers · TM01
2023-07-20
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GLADSTONE, James Arthur resigned
director
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts · AA
2014-11-03
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DRYSDALE, Kim appointed
director
2010-08-19
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MCCREATH, Ian Gordon resigned
director
2009-08-21
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GREENWOOD, James Hall, Mr. resigned
director
2008-05-24
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DOUGLAS, Ian Mayall resigned
director
2004-09-21
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DOUGLAS, Ian Mayall appointed
director
2004-09-21
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GLADSTONE, James Arthur appointed
director
2004-09-21
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MCCREATH, Ian Gordon appointed
director
2004-09-17
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FRAME, Colin Meiklem appointed
secretary
2004-09-17
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FRAME, Colin Meiklem appointed
director
2004-09-17
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-09-17
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GREENWOOD, James Hall, Mr. appointed
director
2004-09-17
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-09-16
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Company incorporated
As BERWICK & DISTRICT RUGBY FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
2004-09-16
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-09-16
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
corporate-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 74 — 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 74 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-09-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16