BAY SEA SCHOOL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08333391 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-17
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BAY SEA SCHOOL LIMITED
- 2012-12-17➕PARLANE, John David appointeddirector
- 2012-12-17➕WARD, Deirdre Maria appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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 |
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Mrs Deirdre Maria Ward Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/12/2017 |
Mr John David Parlane Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/12/2016 |
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
Incorporated2012-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
The Old Court House
Clark Street
Morecambe
Lancashire
LA4 5HR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
PARLANE, John David→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2012-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARD, Deirdre Maria→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2012-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-31