BOUGHROOD HARNESS RACING

🌳Matureactive

05552876 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-09-02

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 11 total, 11 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

96 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-10
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LEWIS, Sheila Wynne resigned
director
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-01
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DAVIES, Mervyn resigned
director
2022-07-01
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PRICE, Rees resigned
director
2022-07-01
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RICHARDS, Cecil Garnet resigned
director
2021-10-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-17
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LEWIS, Nigel resigned
director
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-31
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HARLEY, Austin George resigned
director
2012-11-04
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PRICE, Lee Wayne appointed
secretary
2012-11-04
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PRICE, Gaynor resigned
secretary
2012-01-09
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PRICE, Lee Wayne appointed
director
2012-01-09
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DAVIES, Mervyn appointed
director
2011-01-09
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BATHER, Georgina Frances resigned
secretary
2011-01-09
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PRICE, Gaynor appointed
secretary
2011-01-09
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BATHER, Georgina Frances resigned
director
2011-01-09
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LEWIS, Sheila Wynne appointed
director
2011-01-09
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PRICE, Austin resigned
director
2011-01-09
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PRICE, Rufus Trevor Richard resigned
director
2010-07-15
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PRICE, David Gareth appointed
director
2009-03-12
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MORRIS, Bryan James resigned
director
2006-02-22
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BEVAN, Michael appointed
director
2006-02-22
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PRICE, David Jeffrey appointed
director
2006-02-22
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HARLEY, Austin George appointed
director
2006-02-22
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LEWIS, Nigel appointed
director
2006-02-22
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MORRIS, Bryan James appointed
director
2006-02-22
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PRICE, Austin appointed
director
2006-02-22
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PRICE, Rees appointed
director
2006-02-22
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PRICE, Rufus Trevor Richard appointed
director
2006-02-22
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RICHARDS, Cecil Garnet appointed
director
2005-09-02
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Company incorporated
As BOUGHROOD HARNESS RACING
2005-09-02
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LANGFORD, Jeffrey Graham appointed
director
2005-09-02
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BATHER, Georgina Frances appointed
secretary
2005-09-02
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-02
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

73/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Bevan Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Jeffrey Graham Langford Individual · British · DOB 03/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr David Gareth Price Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr David Jeffrey Price Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Lee Wayne Price Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Cecil Garnet Richards Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sheila Wynne Lewisceased 10/01/2023· significant influence
Mr Mervyn Daviesceased 01/07/2022· significant influence
Mr Rees Priceceased 01/07/2022· significant influence
Mr Nigel Lewisceased 17/10/2019· significant influence
Mr Austin George Harleyceased 31/12/2017· significant influence

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

Incorporated2005-09-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Kings Arms Vaults

Watton

Brecon

LD3 7EF

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02