BOVEY GOLF LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09786122 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-21
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-310.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £310,585
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
-£311k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £1.3k | £11.3k |
| Net assets | £-310.6k | £-218.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14➕BARTER, James appointedsecretary
- 2020-04-06➕BARTER, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2020-04-06➕BARTER, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2020-03-31➖DADD, Heath resigneddirector
- 2019-08-01➕BARTER, Richard appointeddirector
- 2015-09-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BOVEY GOLF LIMITED
- 2015-09-21➕BARTER, Jane Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2015-09-21➕DADD, Heath appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Barter Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/06/2021 |
Mr Thomas Barter Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/06/2021 |
Mr Daniel Barter Individual · British · DOB 08/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/06/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Jane Elizabeth Barterceased 14/06/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Heath Daddceased 14/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities
Registered office
Bovey Tracey Golf Club
Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 9NG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BARTER, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-04-06
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BARTER, Jane Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2015-09-21
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BARTER, Richard→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2019-08-01
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BARTER, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-04-06
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DADD, Heath→
Resigneddirector · ~101y · appointed 2015-09-21 · resigned 2020-03-31
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05