ASHTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02471345 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-19

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 33.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 33.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 33.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

63 officers (5 active, 63 linked, 55 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

222 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	31	3100

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

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2 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (131 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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2025-02-26
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2024-02-28
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accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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2023-12-20
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BARLOW, Paul Brian resigned
director
2023-12-20
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officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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officers · TM01
2023-09-25
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CLAYTON, Andrew Ernest appointed
director
2023-02-16
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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2022-10-18
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2022-10-18
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2022-10-18
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2022-10-18
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address · AD01
2022-07-18
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EVANS, Andrew Thomas resigned
director
2022-07-18
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officers · TM01
2022-02-17
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accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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2021-04-16
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BURKE, Jonathan David appointed
director
2021-04-16
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BARLOW, Paul Brian appointed
director
2021-04-16
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2021-04-16
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2021-02-23
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2021-02-23
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2020-11-04
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HOLLIS, Terrence Martin resigned
director
2020-07-09
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BURKE, David Stephen appointed
director
2020-07-09
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MILNE, John resigned
director
2020-01-23
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CUMMINGS, Michael resigned
director
2019-11-19
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COLLINS, Anthony resigned
director
2019-08-23
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PINDER, Denise resigned
director
2019-08-23
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PINDER, James William resigned
director
2019-07-24
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BENNETT, Michael Douglas resigned
director
2018-08-27
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SUTHERLAND, Janice Ann resigned
director
2018-08-18
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COLLINS, Anthony appointed
director
2018-07-06
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HOLLIS, Terrence Martin appointed
director
2016-05-31
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MARSHALL, Bryan resigned
secretary
2016-05-31
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ROBINSON, Anthony resigned
director
2013-11-01
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ASPINALL, David resigned
director
2013-11-01
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COLLINS, Anthony resigned
director
2013-08-05
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STAFFORD, Eric resigned
director
2012-03-01
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HOBSON, Stephen A appointed
director
2012-03-01
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EVANS, Andrew Thomas appointed
director
2011-02-09
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HOLLIS, Terence Martin resigned
director
2011-02-09
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STAFFORD, Eric appointed
director
2009-10-01
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CONNELL, Graham resigned
director
2008-01-05
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ROBINSON, Anthony appointed
director
2007-12-10
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STAFFORD, Eric resigned
director
2007-10-15
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ASPINALL, David appointed
director
2006-12-14
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O`CARROLL, Kevin John resigned
director
2006-08-07
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SUTHERLAND, Janice Ann appointed
director

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan David Burke Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2020
Mr David Stephen Burke Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Terrence Martin Hollisceased 06/04/2020· significant influence

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

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ANGLO WEST INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB CIC→ 12263789 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
APPLIED FITNESS LIMITED→ 14930899 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
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BACUP GOLF CLUB LIMITED(THE)→ 00424442 · est 1946 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	79y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-02-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

232 Stamford Street Central

Ashton Under Lyne

OL6 7NQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02