BZ PAINTBALL SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06864741 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.23M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,233,969
Cash YoY
+662%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£222k
↑ 662% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.04M | £1.92M |
| Current assets | £1.54M | £1.25M |
| Cash | £221.8k | £29.1k |
| Debtors | £104.1k | £65.8k |
| Net assets | £1.23M | £1.04M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-26📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BZ PAINTBALL SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2009-03-31➕BANKS, Thomas Paul appointeddirector
- 2009-03-31➕CREIGHTON-BANKS, Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Paul Banks Individual · English · DOB 06/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neil Creighton-Banks Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Registered office
47 Earlsway
Teesside Industrial Estate
Stockton-On-Tees
TS17 9JU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BANKS, Thomas Paul→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CREIGHTON-BANKS, Neil→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2009-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/11/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/06/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13