BOOK CLUB RACING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
10010733 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-509.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £509,050
Cash YoY
+227%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£20k
↑ 227% YoY
Net Worth
-£509k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£259k
↑ 526% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-509.1k | £-411.9k |
| Current assets | £259.0k | £41.4k |
| Cash | £19.8k | £6.0k |
| Debtors | £236.7k | £32.6k |
| Net assets | £-509.1k | £-411.9k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04➖SHONE, Roger Barry resignedsecretary
- 2020-08-04➖SHONE, Roger Barry resigneddirector
- 2020-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-08-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-07-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BOOK CLUB RACING LIMITED
- 2016-02-17➕ALDEN, Jeffrey Stephen Denton appointeddirector
- 2016-02-17➕SHONE, Roger Barry appointedsecretary
- 2016-02-17➕SHONE, Roger Barry appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jeffrey Stephen Denton Alden Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Roger Barry Shoneceased 04/08/2020· 25-50% shares
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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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
Incorporated2016-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
The Old Coach House
Horse Fair
Rugeley
Staffordshire
WS15 2EL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
ALDEN, Jeffrey Stephen Denton→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHONE, Roger Barry→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-02-17 · resigned 2020-08-04
SHONE, Roger Barry→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2016-02-17 · resigned 2020-08-04
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-06-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18