CHEAM SPORTS CLUB,LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive

00181680 · ltd · incorporated 1922-05-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 72/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 103.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 103.8 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 (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (3/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,724

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£517

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£7.6k	£7.5k
Current assets	£517	£401
Net assets	£1.7k	£1.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-07-06
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officers · CH03
2025-12-09
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2024-12-30
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2023-12-29
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2022-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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2020-12-27
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2019-12-24
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2019-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-04-13
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2018-12-04
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2018-12-04
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officers · CH01
2018-12-04
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officers · TM01
2018-11-15
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PROCTOR, Patricia Ellaline resigned
director
2018-01-05
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accounts · AA
2017-12-14
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officers · TM01
2017-01-15
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RAINCOCK, Graham Barry resigned
director
2017-01-06
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accounts · AA
2016-08-02
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MILLS, John Edward Owen resigned
director
2010-12-07
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BOYCE, Keith appointed
secretary
2010-12-07
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RAINCOCK, Graham Barry resigned
secretary
2010-01-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2010-01-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-01-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-12-01
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BOYCE, Keith appointed
director
2004-12-07
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BLAKE, Robert Frederick resigned
secretary
2004-12-07
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RAINCOCK, Graham Barry appointed
secretary
2004-12-07
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BLAKE, Robert Frederick resigned
director
2002-12-05
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PAUL, Malcolm Stephen appointed
director
1997-09-17
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MASON, Edward William resigned
director
1997-08-13
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WRIGHT, Christopher John resigned
director
1989-02-07
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Charge satisfied #3
1989-02-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Charrington and Company Limited
1980-09-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1935-08-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: C.C. Philps
1922-09-14
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Charge registered #1
Series of debentures
1922-05-10
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Company incorporated
As CHEAM SPORTS CLUB,LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 104 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Cheam Sports Club Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Cheam Sports Club Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CHEAM SPORTS CLUB,LIMITED(THE)

This company · 00181680

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cheam Sports Club Holdings Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1922-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Cheam Sports Club

Peaches Close

Cheam

Surrey

SM2 7BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

BOYCE, Keith→

secretary · appointed 2010-12-07

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Active

BOYCE, Keith→

director · ~46y · appointed 2007-12-01

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Active

PAUL, Malcolm Stephen→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-12-05

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Active

PIANCA, Andrew John→

director · ~75y

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Active

BLAKE, Robert Frederick→

secretary · resigned 2004-12-07

Resigned

RAINCOCK, Graham Barry→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2010-12-07

Resigned

BLAKE, Robert Frederick→

director · ~111y · resigned 2004-12-07

Resigned

MASON, Edward William→

director · ~113y · resigned 1997-09-17

Resigned

MILLS, John Edward Owen→

director · ~98y · resigned 2016-08-02

Resigned

PROCTOR, Patricia Ellaline→

director · ~98y · resigned 2018-11-15

Resigned

RAINCOCK, Graham Barry→

director · ~87y · resigned 2017-01-15

Resigned

WRIGHT, Christopher John→

director · ~83y · resigned 1997-08-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Charrington and Company Charrington and Company Limited	Legal charge	1 property	06/02/1989	20/01/2010
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	22/09/1980	07/02/1989
satisfied	C.C. Philps / P. Thomas	Transfer of mortgage to secure sterling pounds 2500	1 property	26/08/1935	20/01/2010
satisfied	Unknown	Series of debentures	—	14/09/1922	20/01/2010

Recent filings (121 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-07-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-22