BARBON HILLCLIMB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06466962 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-08

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£14.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £13,957

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£14k

Current Assets

£17k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31
Total assets	£14.5k
Current assets	£16.9k
Net assets	£14.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts · AA
2026-01-11
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BATESON, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2026-01-11
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officers · TM01
2025-04-08
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accounts · AA
2025-01-08
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2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2024-12-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2024-12-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-03-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts · AA
2022-03-17
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officers · TM01
2022-03-16
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MILLOY, Robert Duncan resigned
director
2021-07-08
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officers · CH01
2021-07-08
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officers · CH01
2021-07-08
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officers · CH03
2021-07-08
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address · AD01
2021-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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MASHITER, Kathleen Mary appointed
director
2016-03-23
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SAVAGE, Kevin Michael resigned
director
2015-09-15
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HUNT, David Alan appointed
director
2015-07-26
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BEBBY, James resigned
director
2013-11-01
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BATESON, Andrew Peter appointed
director
2013-07-11
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HARDEN, John Eric appointed
director
2013-07-11
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BEBBY, James appointed
director
2013-07-11
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HOWSON, John resigned
director
2008-01-14
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HOWSON, John appointed
director
2008-01-08
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Company incorporated
As BARBON HILLCLIMB LIMITED
2008-01-08
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WHITTAKER, Brian Gordon appointed
secretary
2008-01-08
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WHITTAKER, Brian Gordon appointed
director
2008-01-08
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MILLOY, Robert Duncan appointed
director
2008-01-08
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SAVAGE, Kevin Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Liverpool Motor Club Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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BARBON HILLCLIMB LIMITED

This company · 06466962

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/01/2025
Liverpool Motor Club Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/01/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club Limitedceased 07/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Liverpoolmotor Club Limitedceased 07/01/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2008-01-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

3,Birthwaite Ground Cottages

Birthwaite Road

Windermere

LA23 1DF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08