BARNARD CASTLE CC TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09972433 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-27
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees201700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-02
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  3. 2024-04-26
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  4. 2024-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-03-26
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    STANWIX, Michael resigned
    director
  6. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-24
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-08
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    BRENKLEY, Stephen James resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-22
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  12. 2019-04-16
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  13. 2018-04-13
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  14. 2017-05-02
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  15. 2016-04-27
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  16. 2016-04-01
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-03-31
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    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-03-08
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    STANWIX, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-08
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    BRENKLEY, Stephen James appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-08
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    STANWIX, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BARNARD CASTLE CC TRADING LIMITED
  22. 2016-01-27
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    SPARROW, David Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2016-01-27
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    STANWIX, David appointed
    director
  24. 2016-01-27
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    STEEN, Steven Thomas 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Barnard Castle Cricket Club
Vere Road
Barnard Castle
DL12 8AE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SPARROW, David Anthony→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANWIX, David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-27
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Active
STANWIX, Ruth Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-03-08
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Active
STEEN, Steven Thomas→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-01-27
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Active
BRENKLEY, Stephen James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-03-08 · resigned 2022-03-08
Resigned
STANWIX, Michael→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-03-08 · resigned 2024-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22