BARROW BRIDGE CLUB LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11280555 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-03-28
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees1300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  3. 2026-01-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-01-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-01-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-06-17
    ➕
    WARD, Trevor Brian appointed
    director
  15. 2020-06-17
    ➖
    BURGE, Stephen John, Dr resigned
    director
  16. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-08-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2018-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BARROW BRIDGE CLUB LTD
  21. 2018-03-28
    ➕
    GADSDEN, Sharon Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2018-03-28
    ➕
    MARSTON, Deborah Julia appointed
    director
  23. 2018-03-28
    ➕
    BURGE, Stephen John, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

1a Drake Street
Barrow-In-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 5RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GADSDEN, Sharon Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSTON, Deborah Julia→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARD, Trevor Brian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGE, Stephen John, Dr→
director · ~84y · appointed 2018-03-28 · resigned 2020-06-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-09