BIGBURY BAY GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10033894 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-01

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£214.0k

book net assets

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 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 £213,957

Cash draining

Cash down 53% YoY

Cash YoY

-53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↓ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£214k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£215k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£214.0k	£172.7k
Current assets	£214.7k	£173.5k
Cash	£15.9k	£33.5k
Debtors	£198.8k	£140.0k
Net assets	£214.0k	£172.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-10-24
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officers · TM01
2025-10-15
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RYDER, Stephen Maurice, Lt Cdr resigned
director
2025-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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officers · CH01
2025-05-29
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officers · AP01
2025-05-29
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officers · AP01
2025-05-21
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JOLLY, Philip Michael appointed
director
2025-05-21
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LOWE, Peter John Hurst appointed
director
2025-05-01
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officers · TM01
2024-11-20
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ALDERTON, Terry resigned
director
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-07-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-12
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accounts · AA
2022-08-12
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HALL, David Wilfrid resigned
director
2022-08-12
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officers · TM01
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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MCSWEENY, Alan John resigned
director
2020-06-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-23
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officers · AP01
2020-01-21
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officers · AP01
2020-01-21
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officers · AP01
2020-01-21
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officers · TM01
2019-10-11
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ALDERTON, Terry appointed
director
2019-10-11
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HALL, David Wilfrid appointed
director
2019-10-11
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RYDER, Stephen Maurice, Lt Cdr appointed
director
2019-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-23
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PRICE, Stephen Edward resigned
director
2017-03-15
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BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison resigned
secretary
2017-03-15
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BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison resigned
director
2017-03-15
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PRICE, Stephen Edward appointed
director
2016-03-01
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Company incorporated
As BIGBURY BAY GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED
2016-03-01
➕
BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison appointed
secretary
2016-03-01
➕
BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison appointed
director
2016-03-01
➕
MCSWEENY, Alan John appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

Bigbury Bay Golf Club Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bigbury Bay Golf Club Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BIGBURY BAY GOLF CLUB TRADING LIMITED

This company · 10033894

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bigbury Bay Golf Club Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

The Clubhouse Bigbury Bay Golf Club

Bigbury

Kingsbridge

Devon

TQ7 4BB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

JOLLY, Philip Michael→

director · ~77y · appointed 2025-05-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LOWE, Peter John Hurst→

director · ~67y · appointed 2025-05-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison→

secretary · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2017-03-15

Resigned

ALDERTON, Terry→

director · ~79y · appointed 2019-10-11 · resigned 2024-11-20

Resigned

BLENKARNE, Nigel Harrison→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2017-03-15

Resigned

HALL, David Wilfrid→

director · ~78y · appointed 2019-10-11 · resigned 2022-08-12

Resigned

MCSWEENY, Alan John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2020-06-17

Resigned

PRICE, Stephen Edward→

director · ~77y · appointed 2017-03-15 · resigned 2019-02-23

Resigned

RYDER, Stephen Maurice, Lt Cdr→

director · ~75y · appointed 2019-10-11 · resigned 2025-10-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-09

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-10-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-08-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-05-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-05-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-15