DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05647674 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-12-07

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.1y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

33 officers (6 active, 33 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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BAYES, Christine Dorothy appointed
director
2025-11-26
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officers · AP01
2025-10-24
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officers · AP01
2025-10-23
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ALSOP, Paul Peter appointed
director
2025-10-02
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officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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LANE, Ian Anthony appointed
director
2025-10-01
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MORRIS, Neil resigned
director
2025-10-01
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officers · TM01
2025-08-11
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MORRIS, Neil appointed
director
2025-08-11
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officers · AP01
2025-08-08
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REES, Simon David appointed
director
2025-08-08
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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WESTGARTH, Andrew John resigned
director
2025-06-11
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officers · TM01
2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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RITCHIE, John Lawrence appointed
director
2024-05-29
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officers · AP01
2024-05-03
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QUINN, Gerald Peter resigned
director
2024-05-03
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officers · TM01
2024-04-25
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officers · TM01
2024-04-19
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officers · TM01
2024-04-12
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HUNTER, Daniel Stuart resigned
director
2024-04-11
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CRAGGS, Andrew Paul resigned
director
2024-03-06
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BIRCH, Michael resigned
director
2024-03-06
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officers · TM01
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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officers · TM01
2023-10-23
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MACKINGS, Paul Anthony, Cllr resigned
director
2023-05-31
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accounts · AA
2022-05-18
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accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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COPSEY, Anthony Hugh resigned
director
2020-10-31
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RUST, Lee Trevor resigned
director
2018-08-29
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QUINN, Gerald Peter appointed
director
2018-01-23
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MACKINGS, Paul Anthony, Cllr appointed
director
2017-04-12
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CRAGGS, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2017-04-12
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KEELIGAN, Michael John resigned
director
2016-07-27
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MITCHELL, Piers appointed
director
2016-07-27
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BIRCH, Michael appointed
director
2016-07-27
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COPSEY, Anthony Hugh appointed
director
2016-07-27
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CRAGGS, Andrew Paul resigned
director
2016-07-27
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HUNTER, Daniel Stuart appointed
director
2016-07-27
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KEELIGAN, Michael John appointed
director
2016-07-27
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OUTHWAITE, Derek resigned
director
2016-07-27
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RITCHIE, John Lawrence resigned
director
2016-07-27
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RUST, Lee Trevor appointed
director
2016-07-27
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WESTGARTH, Andrew John appointed
director
2015-12-11
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Charge satisfied #3
2015-12-11
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Charge satisfied #2

Showing most recent 50 of 86 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-12-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Northern Echo Darlington Arena

Neasham Road

Darlington

Durham

DL2 1DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28