ANDOVER GYM CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02832810 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1993-07-05
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-22
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-05-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 1994-08-31
    ➖
    LAKE, Janet Rose resigned
    director
  17. 1993-07-06
    ➖
    WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 1993-07-06
    ➖
    WHITE HOUSE LAW SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 1993-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDOVER GYM CLUB LIMITED
  20. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Debra appointed
    secretary
  21. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    LAVELLE, Alan appointed
    director
  22. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Debra appointed
    director
  23. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    LAKE, Janet Rose appointed
    director
  25. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    WHITE HOUSE LAW SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · SP postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
3DM GAMING LIMITED→
15779627 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
AARDVARK MCLEOD LIMITED→
05391450 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
————21y——
AARDVARK SAFARIS LIMITED→
03800138 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
————26y——
AK RECREATIONS AND LEISURE LIMITED→
04906198 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
ALDERBURY FC LIMITED→
08626158 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
————12y——
ALL-PLAY SPORTS COACHING LTD→
08154578 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
ALLTRACKS LIMITED→
05999503 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
————19y——
ALMA ARTS LIMITED→
11779753 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AMESBURY RUGBY CLUB LTD→
11443140 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AMY GOODMAN SCULPTOR AND PORTRAIT ARTIST LTD→
08966505 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————12y——
ANDOVER FRAMING LIMITED→
06955952 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————16y——
ANDOVER LAWN TENNIS CLUB LIMITED→
10521924 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1993-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Salto Centre Off Charlton Road
Charlton
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 4AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTS, Debra→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAVELLE, Alan→
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Debra→
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-07-05 · resigned 1993-07-06
Resigned
LAKE, Janet Rose→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-07-05 · resigned 1994-08-31
Resigned
WHITE HOUSE LAW SERVICES LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-07-05 · resigned 1993-07-06
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28