BLUE GOOSE BOWNESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10038360 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-125.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.2y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
41 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £125,096
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£21k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Net Worth
-£125k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-109.6k | £-86.0k |
| Current assets | £101.9k | £74.5k |
| Cash | £20.9k | £21.3k |
| Debtors | £81.0k | £53.3k |
| Net assets | £-125.1k | £-108.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
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 (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-19📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-07-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-08-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-21➕FANNON, Stuart Michael appointeddirector
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-31➖MAURO, Alexander Paul resigneddirector
- 2023-02-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-11-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-02➕MAURO, Alexander Paul appointeddirector
- 2017-04-26🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-04-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-04-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2016-05-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2016-05-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2016-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE GOOSE BOWNESS LIMITED
- 2016-03-02➕MONK, Colin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
High Spirits Leisure Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
High Spirits Leisure Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BLUE GOOSE BOWNESS LIMITED
This company · 10038360
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
High Spirits Leisure Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/11/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Colin Monkceased 22/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Alex Mauroceased 22/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 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
Incorporated2016-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
Units 1&2 Longlands Road
Bowness-On-Windermere
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 3AS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-30
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FANNON, Stuart Michael→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAURO, Alexander Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-11-02 · resigned 2023-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 13/04/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/05/2016 | 26/04/2017 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/05/2016 | 26/04/2017 |
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Recent filings (41 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-14