BERWICK TOWN TEAM LTD

🌳Matureactive

08375817 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-01-25

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 84130

Sector: Public administration

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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

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.

Key financials

2 years 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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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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
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-03
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officers · TM01
2026-04-03
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officers · TM01
2026-04-03
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officers · TM01
2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
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ALLISON, James Barry resigned
director
2025-12-22
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LONGBONE, Henry Bryson resigned
director
2025-12-22
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REED, James Malcolm resigned
director
2024-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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accounts · AA
2019-01-09
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-02-10
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address · AD01
2016-12-23
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accounts · AA
2016-02-04
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annual-return · AR01
2013-09-12
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ALLISON, James Barry appointed
director
2013-09-12
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LONGBONE, Henry Bryson appointed
director
2013-09-12
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REED, James Malcolm appointed
director
2013-08-30
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SWALES, Edward Patrick Wandy resigned
director
2013-01-25
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Company incorporated
As BERWICK TOWN TEAM LTD
2013-01-25
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HARDIE, Christopher appointed
director
2013-01-25
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RICHARDSON, Michael Thomas appointed
director
2013-01-25
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SWALES, Edward Patrick Wandy appointed
director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: ALLISON, James Barry resigned 2025-12-22; LONGBONE, Henry Bryson resigned 2025-12-22; REED, James Malcolm resigned 2025-12-22

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-01-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC84130 — SIC 84130

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HARDIE, Christopher→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-01-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RICHARDSON, Michael Thomas→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-01-25

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Active

ALLISON, James Barry→

director · ~85y · appointed 2013-09-12 · resigned 2025-12-22

Resigned

LONGBONE, Henry Bryson→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-09-12 · resigned 2025-12-22

Resigned

REED, James Malcolm→

director · ~78y · appointed 2013-09-12 · resigned 2025-12-22

Resigned

SWALES, Edward Patrick Wandy→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-01-25 · resigned 2013-08-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-03

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officers · TM01

2026-04-03

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officers · TM01

2026-04-03

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officers · TM01

2026-04-03