BARROW SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05792003 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£-78.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £78,488

Cash YoY

+56%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↑ 56% YoY

Net Worth

-£78k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£-78.5k	£-88.9k
Current assets	£7.2k	£5.8k
Cash	£5.9k	£3.8k
Net assets	£-78.5k	£-88.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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2024-08-23
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2023-09-18
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2022-12-22
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2022-02-14
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2020-12-14
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2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-01-25
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accounts · AA
2018-10-09
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DEEGAN, Catherine resigned
director
2018-10-09
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officers · TM01
2018-01-24
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accounts · AA
2017-01-27
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accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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2015-11-05
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accounts · AA
2015-05-19
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2014-09-20
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2006-04-24
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Company incorporated
As BARROW SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTRE LIMITED
2006-04-24
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LAMBERT, Stephen Paul appointed
secretary
2006-04-24
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DEEGAN, Eugene Gerard appointed
director
2006-04-24
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THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
2006-04-24
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
2006-04-24
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DEEGAN, Catherine appointed
director
2006-04-24
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director
2006-04-24
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Eugene Gerard Deegan Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-04-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Barrow Sports And Fitness

Centre Ltd, Thorngarth Lane

Barrow Upon Humber

N E Lincs

DN19 7AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-08

Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LAMBERT, Stephen Paul→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-24

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Active

DEEGAN, Eugene Gerard→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-04-24

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Active

THOMAS, Howard→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2006-04-24

Resigned

DEEGAN, Catherine→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2018-10-09

Resigned

TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→

nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2006-04-24

Resigned

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