BOWERS AND PITSEA FC LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11538016 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-08-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
19 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees121100

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 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-04
    ➕
    DUFFELL, Steven Edward appointed
    director
  4. 2026-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-03-01
    ➖
    HUBBARD, Barry George resigned
    director
  6. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-31
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2021-03-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Football Stadia Improvement Fund Limited
  13. 2020-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-09-03
    ➕
    HUBBARD, Barry George appointed
    director
  16. 2018-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BOWERS AND PITSEA FC LIMITED
  17. 2018-08-25
    ➕
    BARNARD, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2018-08-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 76 — 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 76 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Michael Barnard
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
—75–100%75-100% voting25/08/2018

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Bowers And Pitsea Fc
Crown Avenue
Pitsea
Essex
SS13 2BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BARNARD, Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2018-08-25
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Active
DUFFELL, Steven Edward→
director · ~59y · appointed 2026-03-04
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Active
HUBBARD, Barry George→
director · ~80y · appointed 2018-09-03 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Football Stadia Improvement Fund
The Football Stadia Improvement Fund Limited
A registered charge1 property17/03/2021—
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08