REDCAR BOROUGH BEARS LIMITED
Company number 05648265 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Redcar Borough Bears Limited operates as a niche, grassroots sports club characterized by chronic balance sheet insolvency, with shareholders' deficits widening to -£279k in 2025. While commercially unviable by standard metrics, its persistent operation since 2005 and zero-employee structure strongly suggest the business is sustained by quasi-equity director loans rather than demanding commercial debt. The club faces significant sector headwinds regarding local disposable income and operational cost inflation, relying entirely on creditor forbearance and volunteer labor to maintain its position within the regional sports landscape.
Shareholders' funds
-£279,578
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-12-07
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- South Tees Motorsport Park, South Bank Road, Middlesbrough, TS6 6XH
- Postcode
- TS6 6XH
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-28
- Next due by
- 2027-03-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 93120 Activities of sport clubs
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: International Sportsperson (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA420611 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 8 WEST END GARDENS, YARM, CLEVELAND, TS15 9QX | 2016-12-02 |
| 4 PIERCE STREET, OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, OL1 4JH | 2009-07-13 |
| SWINFORD HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, WEST MIDLANDS, DY5 3EL | 2008-04-21 |
| BALLARD DALE SYREE, KINGSWOOD ROAD, HAMPTON LOVETT, DROITWICH, WORCESTERSHIRE WR9 0QH | 2007-10-31 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 57 similar companies in TS, trading since 2005
Competitors Middlesbrough
This company ranks 34 among activities of sport clubs in Middlesbrough.
The class of 2005
30%
of the 316 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2017-12-15
- Where
- Redcar And Cleveland
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE235393 | Redcar And Cleveland | Leasehold | 2017-12-15 | — |
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