BAILIE HARKNESS TENNIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06044994 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-08

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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officers · AP01
2025-09-25
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accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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HARKNESS, Amanda Lois appointed
director
2024-09-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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officers · CH03
2023-01-10
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2023-01-10
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officers · CH01
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2022-01-11
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officers · CH01
2021-09-29
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2020-08-11
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2019-09-18
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2018-09-28
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2017-09-29
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2016-09-29
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2007-01-08
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Company incorporated
As BAILIE HARKNESS TENNIS LIMITED
2007-01-08
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HARKNESS, Amanda Lois appointed
secretary
2007-01-08
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HARKNESS, Bailie Clarke appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARKNESS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Baillie Clarke Harkness Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2007-01-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

23 Church Street

Rickmansworth

Hertfordshire

WD3 1DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HARKNESS, Amanda Lois→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-08

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Active

HARKNESS, Amanda Lois→

director · ~61y · appointed 2025-04-01

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HARKNESS, Bailie Clarke→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-08

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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-11

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

officers · CH03

2023-01-11

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-01-10

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

officers · CH01

2023-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-29

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

officers · CH01

2022-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-09-29