BARTON ON HUMBER WILDFOWLERS CLUB LIMITED

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14013045 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2022-03-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-04-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-01
    ALLAN, Kenneth Raymond resigned
    director
  4. 2024-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BARTON ON HUMBER WILDFOWLERS CLUB LIMITED
  7. 2022-03-30
    HODSDON, Roy Dennis appointed
    secretary
  8. 2022-03-30
    HODSDON, Roy Dennis appointed
    director
  9. 2022-03-30
    ALLAN, Kenneth Raymond appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Dennis Hodsdon
Individual · English · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
sig. influencesignificant influence30/03/2022
Mr Kenneth Raymond Allan
Individual · English · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
sig. influencesignificant influence30/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Peploe Farm Peploe Lane
New Holland
Barrow-Upon-Humber
DN19 7PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HODSDON, Roy Dennis
secretary · appointed 2022-03-30
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Active
HODSDON, Roy Dennis
director · ~73y · appointed 2022-03-30
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Active
ALLAN, Kenneth Raymond
director · ~83y · appointed 2022-03-30 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-30