BALLANDS BOWMEN ARCHERY CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07288249 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-06-17

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£18.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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 (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 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

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,802

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£17k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£18.8k	£16.1k
Current assets	£16.6k	£14.0k
Net assets	£18.8k	£16.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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2024-12-09
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2024-03-14
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2023-01-04
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2021-12-02
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2020-12-21
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2020-01-06
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2018-12-18
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2018-06-18
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2017-04-06
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accounts · AA
2016-06-24
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-25
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accounts · AA
2015-06-27
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2015-01-26
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2014-06-17
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2012-10-29
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COX, Penelope Ann appointed
secretary
2012-10-29
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SIMPSON, Maureen Harley resigned
secretary
2010-06-17
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Company incorporated
As BALLANDS BOWMEN ARCHERY CLUB LIMITED
2010-06-17
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DICKER, Allen appointed
director
2010-06-17
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PLEASANTS, Christopher Vernon appointed
director
2010-06-17
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SIMPSON, David Fraser appointed
director
2010-06-17
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TOOMER, Marleen Andre appointed
director
2010-06-17
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SIMPSON, Maureen Harley appointed
secretary

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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

Incorporated2010-06-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

45 Church View

Gillingham

Dorset

SP8 4XE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-01

Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

COX, Penelope Ann→

secretary · appointed 2012-10-29

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Active

DICKER, Allen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-06-17

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Active

PLEASANTS, Christopher Vernon→

director · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-17

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Active

SIMPSON, David Fraser→

director · ~80y · appointed 2010-06-17

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Active

TOOMER, Marleen Andre→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-06-17

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Active

SIMPSON, Maureen Harley→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-17 · resigned 2012-10-29

Resigned

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