THE WALTHAM ABBEY ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03325864 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-02-24

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 3.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.3y

55/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Charge age ~3.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

31 officers (8 active, 31 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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LAWES, Rosanna appointed
director
2026-04-09
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LAWES, Rosanna resigned
director
2026-04-09
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officers · AP01
2026-04-09
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officers · TM01
2026-03-26
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officers · TM02
2025-12-10
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DAVIES, Ian resigned
secretary
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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RICHARDSON, James Andrew appointed
director
2025-02-20
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officers · AP01
2025-02-14
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officers · AP01
2025-02-13
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officers · AP01
2025-01-23
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officers · AP01
2024-12-11
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PALIN, William Michael appointed
director
2024-12-10
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BAXTER, Fiona Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2024-12-10
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MCIVER, Andrew Ross appointed
director
2024-11-13
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address · AD01
2024-11-01
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officers · TM01
2024-10-16
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BESENT, John Irving resigned
director
2024-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-19
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incorporation · MA
2024-01-04
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officers · TM01
2024-01-03
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SINGHA, Sumita resigned
director
2023-10-19
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officers · TM01
2023-10-18
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MOORE, Helen Margaret resigned
director
2023-10-10
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officers · CH01
2023-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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REEVES, Richard John resigned
director
2023-06-01
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officers · CH01
2023-05-16
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officers · TM01
2023-05-15
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MACDONALD, Andrew David resigned
director
2022-12-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
2021-03-10
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LAWES, Rosanna appointed
director
2021-03-10
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MACDONALD, Andrew David appointed
director
2021-03-10
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MOORE, Helen Margaret appointed
director
2021-03-10
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SINGHA, Sumita appointed
director
2020-10-20
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KNAPP, Trevor resigned
director
2018-12-04
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COATES, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2017-12-05
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LOWE, Michael John resigned
director
2017-01-22
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BOWLES, John Huw resigned
director
2017-01-22
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FREEMAN, Jennifer Margaret, Dr resigned
director
2016-04-12
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CROSBY, Anthony Barry resigned
director
2015-12-08
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GOODWIN, Timothy Robert Thomas resigned
director
2015-12-08
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WALLACE, Richard Cecil resigned
director
2015-10-13
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BOWLES, John Huw appointed
director
2015-10-13
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BOWLES, John Huw resigned
director
2015-10-13
➕
CROSBY, Anthony Barry appointed
director
2015-10-13
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FREEMAN, Jennifer Margaret, Dr appointed
director
2015-08-25
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DAVIES, Ian appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 76 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

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Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DAVIES, Ian resigned 2025-12-10; LAWES, Rosanna resigned 2026-04-09

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Beaulieu Drive

Waltham Abbey

Essex

EN9 1JY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01