BGGC TRADING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10026545 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-25
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 19 | 2200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-02➕DUMMETT, Paul David appointeddirector
- 2023-02-02➖BRADLEY, Jonathan Richard resigneddirector
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-01-05➖SAYERS, Mr Neil Lawson resigneddirector
- 2022-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-01➖KNIGHT, Ian Willis resigneddirector
- 2020-12-01➖SHAW, Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2020-02-06➕CLARKE, Neil appointeddirector
- 2020-02-06➕BRADLEY, Jonathan Richard appointeddirector
- 2016-06-21➕SHAW, Malcolm appointeddirector
- 2016-02-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BGGC TRADING LIMITED
- 2016-02-25➕EDGAR, John Alister appointeddirector
- 2016-02-25➕KNIGHT, Ian Willis appointeddirector
- 2016-02-25➕SAYERS, Mr Neil Lawson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAMINAH SNOWDON ART LIMITED→ 10546365 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ADMIRE FITNESS LTD→ 15673392 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADRENALIN (NORTH YORKSHIRE) LIMITED→ 04399906 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| ART INFINITY PHOTOPRINT LTD→ 14258830 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ASPIRE FITNESS CLASSES LTD→ 08546957 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ATLAS TAXIS MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 09623986 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BANNATYNE'S HEALTH CLUB (NORWICH WEST) LIMITED→ 10478148 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BARNARD CASTLE CC TRADING LIMITED→ 09972433 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BARTON (RICHMONDSHIRE) PLAYING-FIELD LIMITED→ 04041356 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| BEDALE GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED→ 10033548 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BETTER BROTHERS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY→ 15479846 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BIGBANG SPORTS PROMOTIONS LTD→ 16441277 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒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
Incorporated2016-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs
Registered office
The Club House
Snipe Lane
Darlington
England And Wales
DL2 2SA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
CLARKE, Neil→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUMMETT, Paul David→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2023-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EDGAR, John Alister→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2016-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADLEY, Jonathan Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-02-06 · resigned 2023-02-02
KNIGHT, Ian Willis→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-02-25 · resigned 2020-12-01
SAYERS, Mr Neil Lawson→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2016-02-25 · resigned 2023-01-05
SHAW, Malcolm→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-06-21 · resigned 2020-12-01
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Recent filings (36 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-09