BARRY TOWN UNITED AFC

🌳Matureactive

06796885 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2009-01-21

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

£11.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £11,395

Cash YoY

+3858%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£70k

↑ 3858% YoY

Net Worth

£11k

↑ 126% YoY

Current Assets

£74k

↑ 1183% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£11.4k	£-43.5k
Current assets	£74.0k	£5.8k
Cash	£70.0k	£1.8k
Net assets	£11.4k	£-43.5k

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

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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officers · TM01
2026-03-23
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officers · TM01
2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2026-03-05
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COSSLETT, Michael resigned
director
2026-03-05
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen resigned
director
2025-06-03
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officers · TM01
2025-06-02
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COLE, David John resigned
director
2025-05-16
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accounts · AA
2025-03-28
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officers · CH01
2025-03-28
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officers · CH01
2025-01-22
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accounts · AAMD
2024-12-02
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accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2022-11-16
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accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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officers · TM01
2022-04-06
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SMITH, Lyndon David resigned
director
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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accounts · AA
2019-06-04
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officers · AP01
2019-06-04
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2019-04-12
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officers · TM01
2019-04-11
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officers · TM01
2019-04-01
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BARRETT, Jonathon Mark appointed
director
2019-04-01
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BARRETT, Mark appointed
director
2019-04-01
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COX, Ashley Simon resigned
director
2019-04-01
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen resigned
director
2019-04-01
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SMITH, Lyndon David appointed
director
2013-05-23
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen resigned
secretary
2013-05-23
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen appointed
director
2013-04-03
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COLE, David John appointed
director
2013-04-03
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COX, Ashley Simon appointed
director
2013-04-03
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SHAW, Jeffrey resigned
director
2010-11-04
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AMOS, Russell resigned
secretary
2010-11-04
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen appointed
secretary
2009-11-09
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AMOS, Russell appointed
secretary
2009-11-09
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STRONGMAN, Kevin Peter resigned
secretary
2009-10-01
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COX, Ashley Simon appointed
director
2009-10-01
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HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen appointed
director
2009-01-21
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Company incorporated
As BARRY TOWN UNITED AFC
2009-01-21
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HEWITT, Stephen William appointed
director
2009-01-21
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THOMAS, Eric Noel appointed
director
2009-01-21
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STRONGMAN, Kevin Peter appointed
secretary
2009-01-21
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COSSLETT, Michael appointed
director
2009-01-21
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SHAW, Jeffrey 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-04

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: COSSLETT, Michael resigned 2026-03-05; HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen resigned 2026-03-05

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2009-01-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Jenner Park

Barry Road

Barry

CF62 9BG

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-02-04OVERDUE

Last: 2025-01-21