ARGYLE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00186620 · ltd · incorporated 1922-12-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 53.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 53.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 53.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	6	600

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

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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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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officers · AP01
2025-12-15
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officers · TM01
2025-12-07
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TAYLOR, Allister Harry Pentney appointed
director
2025-12-07
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WILKS, Jessica Fay resigned
director
2025-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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accounts · AA
2022-04-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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STOKER, Jonathan Nigel appointed
director
2022-03-29
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WILKS, Jessica Fay appointed
director
2022-03-29
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officers · AP01
2022-03-29
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officers · AP01
2021-03-25
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accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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mortgage · MR04
2021-01-07
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-05-05
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accounts · AA
2019-08-05
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officers · TM01
2019-07-06
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HARE, Jonathan Richard resigned
director
2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2019-04-16
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officers · TM01
2019-01-30
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WALSH, Peter Terence resigned
director
2018-11-12
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address · AD01
2018-10-29
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accounts · AA
2012-01-27
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WRIGHT, Jean Margaret resigned
director
2002-07-15
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BOND, Jeremy Simon appointed
director
2002-07-15
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MCLENNAN, Lynn Marie appointed
director
2002-07-15
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HARE, Jonathan Richard appointed
director
2001-10-15
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HAYDOCK, Elizabeth Deborah resigned
director
2001-03-23
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KNIGHT, Noelle Marguerite resigned
director
1993-09-24
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GROSSMITH, William Murray resigned
director
1972-12-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: H Duerderin Margaret J Duerderin
1922-12-22
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Company incorporated
As ARGYLE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TAYLOR, Allister Harry Pentney (same surname) appointed 2025-12-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William John Ralph Stuttard Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1922-12-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

20 Brocklebank Road

Southport

Merseyside,

PR9 9LP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-25

Last: 2025-11-11