BALA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07130083 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-01-19

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

£-18.4k

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £18,395

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£166k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

-£18k

↑ 49% YoY

Current Assets

£168k

↑ 11% 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	£149.0k	£136.7k
Current assets	£168.2k	£151.6k
Cash	£165.9k	£147.2k
Debtors	£2.3k	£4.4k
Net assets	£-18.4k	£-35.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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2025-03-14
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2024-03-06
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2023-03-21
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2022-03-30
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2021-03-26
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2020-07-06
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2019-11-06
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officers · TM01
2019-11-06
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2019-10-01
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JONES, Arwel Hughes resigned
director
2019-10-01
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JONES, Hannah Gwenllian resigned
director
2019-03-14
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2018-03-20
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2018-03-05
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2018-03-01
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2018-03-01
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2017-11-25
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2017-11-25
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2017-11-24
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ROBERTS, Arwel Gwynedd appointed
director
2017-11-24
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JONES, Arwel Hughes appointed
director
2017-11-24
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JONES, Hannah Gwenllian appointed
director
2017-11-24
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MOON, Gareth Peter resigned
director
2010-09-29
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MOON, Gareth Peter appointed
director
2010-01-19
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Company incorporated
As BALA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
2010-01-19
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AYKROYD, Nigel John appointed
director
2010-01-19
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CRUMP, Ruth Lynne appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-01-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

The Pavilion Maes Tegid

Castle Street

Bala

Gwynedd

LL23 7UY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AYKROYD, Nigel John→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-19

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Active

CRUMP, Ruth Lynne→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-01-19

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Active

ROBERTS, Arwel Gwynedd→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-11-24

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Active

JONES, Arwel Hughes→

director · ~69y · appointed 2017-11-24 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

JONES, Hannah Gwenllian→

director · ~33y · appointed 2017-11-24 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

MOON, Gareth Peter→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-09-29 · resigned 2017-11-24

Resigned

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