BACUP BOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05957213 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-05

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.6y

10/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	12	1100

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 (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-10-30
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mortgage · MR01
2025-10-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Sdka LTD
2025-02-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-17
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officers · CH01
2025-02-17
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officers · CH03
2025-02-17
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address · AD01
2024-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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accounts · AA01
2021-07-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts · AA01
2021-04-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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JAMES, Natalie resigned
director
2019-06-24
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officers · TM01
2019-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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gazette · DISS40
2015-12-01
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JAMES, Natalie appointed
director
2009-10-06
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PETERS, Brent appointed
director
2009-10-06
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PETERS, Alice resigned
director
2009-07-28
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PETERS, Alice appointed
director
2009-07-28
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PETERS, Brent resigned
director
2006-10-12
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JAMES, Natalie appointed
secretary
2006-10-12
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PETERS, Brent appointed
director
2006-10-05
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Company incorporated
As BACUP BOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
2006-10-05
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SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2006-10-05
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SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
secretary
2006-10-05
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SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
director
2006-10-05
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SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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 Brent Peters Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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ASHTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED→ 02471345 · est 1990 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	—	—
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BACUP GOLF CLUB LIMITED(THE)→ 00424442 · est 1946 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	79y	—	—
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-10-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Brian Boys West View Stadium

Cowtoot Lane

Bacup

Lancashire

OL13 8EE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

JAMES, Natalie→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PETERS, Brent→

director · ~69y · appointed 2009-10-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SCOTT, Stephen John→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2006-10-05

Resigned

JAMES, Natalie→

director · ~46y · appointed 2015-12-01 · resigned 2019-06-24

Resigned

PETERS, Alice→

director · ~98y · appointed 2009-07-28 · resigned 2009-10-06

Resigned

PETERS, Brent→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2009-07-28

Resigned

SCOTT, Jacqueline→

director · ~75y · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2006-10-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Sdka Sdka LTD	A registered charge	1 property	23/10/2025	—

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Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-15

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mortgage · MR01

2025-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-02-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-17

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-02-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-07-12

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-04-22