B. G. RACING LTD

🌳Matureactive
06209162 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-52.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £52,409
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
-£52k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£52k-£41k-£29k-£17k-£6k£6kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-52.4k£-46.2k
Cash£5.4k£6.0k
Net assets£-52.4k£-46.2k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-20
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2019-12-19
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    GITTINS, Philip resigned
    secretary
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-25
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    address · AD01
  12. 2017-12-19
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  13. 2016-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-26
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  15. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-06-25
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    HOGARTH, Brian Thomas appointed
    director
  18. 2013-06-25
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    WATSON, Eamonn George appointed
    director
  19. 2013-06-25
    ➕
    GITTINS, Philip appointed
    secretary
  20. 2013-06-25
    ➖
    JONES, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-06-25
    ➖
    GITTINS, Philip Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2013-06-25
    ➖
    JONES, Kathleen resigned
    director
  23. 2007-11-15
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    CARTER, Leonard Philip resigned
    director
  24. 2007-06-27
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    JONES, Kathleen appointed
    director
  25. 2007-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As B. G. RACING LTD
  26. 2007-04-11
    ➕
    JONES, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-04-11
    ➕
    CARTER, Leonard Philip appointed
    director
  28. 2007-04-11
    ➕
    GITTINS, Philip Charles appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 67. 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 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eamonn George Watson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares12/08/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

C/O Aps Accountancy Limited 4 Cromwell Court
New Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 2PB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HOGARTH, Brian Thomas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Eamonn George→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GITTINS, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-25 · resigned 2019-12-19
Resigned
JONES, Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-11 · resigned 2013-06-25
Resigned
CARTER, Leonard Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-04-11 · resigned 2007-11-15
Resigned
GITTINS, Philip Charles→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-04-11 · resigned 2013-06-25
Resigned
JONES, Kathleen→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2013-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-09