BAILDON RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11540903 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-08-29
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-05📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-12-15📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-09-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-13➕ESCREET, Carolyn appointeddirector
- 2019-09-13➕RUFF, David Charles appointeddirector
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-01➕BOWDERY, John Guy appointeddirector
- 2019-05-01➕MASSEY, Michael William Francis appointeddirector
- 2019-05-01➕MURPHY, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2019-05-01➕WILLIAMS, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2019-04-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-08-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BAILDON RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
- 2018-08-29➕WILSON, Philip Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| AIREDALE SO PRODUCTIONS LTD→ 16621735 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| ARTYLICIOUS LTD→ 05722161 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ATOZ HOLIDAYS LIMITED→ 16613035 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-08-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs
Registered office
Jenny Lane
Baildon
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD17 6RS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28
Officers (7 active · 0 resigned)
BOWDERY, John Guy→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ESCREET, Carolyn→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2019-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MASSEY, Michael William Francis→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURPHY, Nicholas James→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RUFF, David Charles→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2019-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Philip Martin→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2018-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03