NORTHUMBRIA CALVERT TRUST

🌳Matureactive

01596913 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1981-11-10

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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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 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

53 officers (10 active, 53 linked, 47 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

195 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2025-11-30
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KING, Gill appointed
secretary
2025-11-30
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APPLEBY, Kevin Gordon resigned
secretary
2025-04-24
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2025-04-07
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BRIDGE, John Neville resigned
director
2025-04-07
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DRAX, Charles Ranfurly resigned
director
2025-04-07
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GREEN, Christopher Michael resigned
director
2024-04-17
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2024-03-28
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2024-03-22
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HAZON, Stewart appointed
director
2024-03-22
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LOYD, Peter Robert resigned
director
2023-12-15
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2023-12-15
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2023-12-14
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APPLEBY, Kevin Gordon appointed
secretary
2023-12-14
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COCKERILL, Peter John Vincent resigned
secretary
2023-09-26
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2023-09-22
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HUGHES, Jacqueline Susan appointed
director
2023-05-17
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2023-03-27
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2023-03-27
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2023-03-25
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SPOOR, Jessica appointed
director
2023-03-25
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SPOOR, Mark Daniels appointed
director
2023-02-14
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2023-02-13
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COCKERILL, Peter John Vincent appointed
director
2023-02-09
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ANDERTON, Roger David resigned
director
2022-04-09
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KING, Gill appointed
director
2019-03-23
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TREVELYAN, Edward Caverley Thornton resigned
director
2019-03-14
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PRIESTLEY, Mark Simon resigned
director
2018-03-24
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ANDERTON, Roger David appointed
director
2016-05-31
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DRAX, Charles Ranfurly appointed
director
2016-05-31
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STRAKER, Rodrica Conseulo resigned
director
2015-09-15
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CROZIER, Fiona resigned
director
2015-03-28
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PRIESTLEY, Mark Simon appointed
director
2014-03-29
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CROMBIE, Alexander Leaster, Professor resigned
director
2012-03-01
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BIRNEY, John David resigned
director
2011-09-22
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STRAKER, Peter Henry appointed
director
2011-07-03
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SPOOR, Roger Charlton resigned
director
2011-05-05
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CROZIER, Fiona appointed
director
2010-07-20
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RIDDELL, John Charles Buchanan, Sir resigned
director
2010-04-20
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STRAKER, Henry resigned
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Incorporated1981-11-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Calvert Kielder

Kielder Water & Forest Park

Hexham

Northumberland

NE48 1BS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26