BARTON RECREATION GROUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09903618 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-12-04

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 £2,572

Net assets shrinking

Down £709 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↑ 461% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£27.6k	£3.3k
Current assets	£32.2k	£5.7k
Net assets	£2.6k	£3.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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2023-06-12
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2022-09-30
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2021-10-01
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2021-09-30
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HARRIES, Gareth David resigned
director
2021-09-27
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2020-08-16
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2020-08-14
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2020-08-07
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PORTER, Stephen Joseph resigned
director
2020-07-31
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BECKETT, Claire Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-07-31
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MARGETTS, Stephen Robert appointed
director
2020-07-31
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PARKER, Adam James Kenneth appointed
director
2020-07-31
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SPENCER, Gary Lee appointed
director
2020-07-31
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HARRIES, Gareth David appointed
director
2020-01-01
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2019-07-16
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2019-07-15
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MEYER, Janet Barbara resigned
director
2019-01-04
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2018-09-18
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2015-12-04
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Company incorporated
As BARTON RECREATION GROUND LIMITED
2015-12-04
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LIEVESLEY, Michael Eric appointed
director
2015-12-04
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LOXTON, Robert William Michael appointed
director
2015-12-04
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PARKER, James William appointed
director
2015-12-04
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MEYER, Janet Barbara appointed
director
2015-12-04
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PORTER, Stephen Joseph appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert William Michael Loxton Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2015-12-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

8 Queensway Crescent

Shiphay

Torquay

Devon

TQ2 6DH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03