CLACTON GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10022690 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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: 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 (1 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
29 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£556£1k£2k£2k£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£2.5k£2.8k
Net assets£1£1

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-03-21
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    RICHMOND, John Michael resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-07
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  8. 2022-09-07
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-09-07
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-08-28
    ➕
    ALLERTON, Phillip appointed
    director
  11. 2022-08-26
    ➖
    MCCONNELL, Terence John Leslie resigned
    director
  12. 2022-08-25
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    JEFFREY, Clayton resigned
    director
  13. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-18
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  16. 2020-03-18
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-03-13
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    BURRELL, Richard Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2020-03-13
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    JEFFREY, Clayton appointed
    director
  19. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-20
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  21. 2019-03-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-03-15
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    FOSTER, Herbert Arthur resigned
    director
  23. 2019-03-15
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    RICHMOND, John Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2016-02-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CLACTON GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED
  26. 2016-02-24
    ➕
    BURRELL, Richard Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2016-02-24
    ➕
    FOSTER, Herbert Arthur appointed
    director
  28. 2016-02-24
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Terence John Leslie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Incorporated2016-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

West Road
Clacton On Sea
Essex
CO15 1AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ALLERTON, Phillip→
director · ~70y · appointed 2022-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURRELL, Richard Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-24 · resigned 2020-03-13
Resigned
FOSTER, Herbert Arthur→
director · ~83y · appointed 2016-02-24 · resigned 2019-03-15
Resigned
JEFFREY, Clayton→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-03-13 · resigned 2022-08-25
Resigned
MCCONNELL, Terence John Leslie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-02-24 · resigned 2022-08-26
Resigned
RICHMOND, John Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 2019-03-15 · resigned 2025-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26