GAME AND COUNTRY LIMITED
- · Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → too_messy
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.
- ↓Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → too_messy
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Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 16.7y
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (86/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £1.26M | £1.25M |
| Current assets | — | £1.36M | £1.48M |
| Cash | — | £84.3k | £151.0k |
| Debtors | — | £444.3k | £473.5k |
| Net assets | — | £1.26M | £1.25M |
| Average employees | 7 | — | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-01➕BONINI, Nadia Chiarina appointeddirector
- 2026-02-01➕LIGHTFOOT, Christopher Lawson appointeddirector
- 2025-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-29➖STEVENSON, Anne Muriel resignedsecretary
- 2023-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-04-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-02-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2011-12-21🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2010-02-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Game and Country Enterprises Limited
- 2009-10-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-09-17🏢Company incorporatedAs GAME AND COUNTRY LIMITED
- 2009-09-17➕MCGILL, Richard James Kennedy appointeddirector
- 2009-09-17➕STEVENSON, Anne Muriel appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard James Kennedy Mcgill Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 17/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | — | 05/02/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Game and Country Enterprises Game and Country Enterprises Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/02/2010 | 21/12/2011 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 20/10/2009 | 20/04/2017 |