FC HALIFAX TOWN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06557378 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees45004700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-24
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-03-24
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The English Sports Council
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-07-01
    ➖
    PEACOCK, Stuart resigned
    director
  14. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    ANDERSON, David Paul appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    HAM, Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    PEACOCK, Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-23
    ➕
    BOSOMWORTH, David appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-23
    ➖
    BOSOMWORTH, David resigned
    director
  23. 2008-04-23
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-04-18
    ➕
    BOSOMWORTH, David appointed
    director
  25. 2008-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As FC HALIFAX TOWN LIMITED
  26. 2008-04-07
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Bosomworth
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

The Shay Stadium
Shaw Hill
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2YS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, David Paul→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSOMWORTH, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-18
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Active
HAM, Robert→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSOMWORTH, David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2008-04-23
Resigned
PEACOCK, Stuart→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-07-17 · resigned 2019-07-01
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2008-04-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The English Sports Council
A registered charge—30/07/2021—
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09