THE ASSOCIATION OF RACING KART SCHOOLS LIMITED

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03071697 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-06-22
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
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
54 officers (15 active, 54 linked, 50 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
154 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (115 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-02-10
    TAYLOR, Benjamin James appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-11-11
    BLAKENEY, Patrick Edward resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-07
    EASTWOOD, Raymie appointed
    director
  8. 2025-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-01-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-10-31
    EASTWOOD, John Raymond resigned
    director
  11. 2024-08-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-08-19
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-08-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-05-28
    HUNTER, Rhys Matthew Ledger appointed
    director
  15. 2024-05-28
    MUSK, Ryan Lewis appointed
    director
  16. 2024-05-28
    CUTTING, Steven resigned
    director
  17. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  24. 2023-04-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2023-04-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2023-04-06
    BROWN, Iain Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2023-04-06
    MCLEAN, Christopher resigned
    director
  28. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  29. 2022-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  30. 2022-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  31. 2022-11-01
    SISLEY, William Hugh appointed
    director
  32. 2022-10-31
    PULLMAN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  33. 2018-10-26
    MOORE, Simon Craig appointed
    director
  34. 2018-10-26
    MOORE, Carol Jane resigned
    director
  35. 2018-05-25
    BROWN, Iain Alexander resigned
    director
  36. 2018-05-25
    MCLEAN, Christopher appointed
    director
  37. 2017-12-06
    LING, Philip David appointed
    director
  38. 2017-12-06
    HOLLMAN, Stephen resigned
    director
  39. 2017-12-05
    CHAPMAN, Gary Martin appointed
    secretary
  40. 2017-12-05
    ZIEMELIS, Stuart John resigned
    secretary
  41. 2017-12-05
    ZIEMELIS, Stuart John resigned
    director
  42. 2017-11-27
    MAKINSON, Ian Charles resigned
    director
  43. 2017-11-27
    PULLMAN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  44. 2015-10-06
    HOLLMAN, Stephen appointed
    director
  45. 2015-09-14
    PULLMAN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  46. 2015-03-05
    CRAWLEY, Keiran appointed
    director
  47. 2014-10-29
    PULLMAN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  48. 2014-10-29
    SISLEY, William Hugh resigned
    director
  49. 2011-02-08
    ADAMS, Phillipe Maxwell resigned
    director
  50. 2010-03-16
    EASTWOOD, John Raymond appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 115 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1995-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

44/46 Orsett Road
Grays
Essex
RM17 5ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (15 active · 39 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Gary Martin
secretary · appointed 2017-12-05
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Active
BATEMAN, Terence Ernest
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-01-01
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Active
BROWN, Iain Alexander
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-04-06
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Active
CHAPMAN, Gary Martin
director · ~60y · appointed 1995-06-22
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Active
COOPER, Alan
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-10-13
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Active
CRAWLEY, Keiran
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-05
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Active
EASTWOOD, Raymie
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-01-07
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Active
HUNTER, Rhys Matthew Ledger
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-05-28
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Active
LING, Philip David
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-12-06
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Active
MOORE, Simon Craig
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-10-26
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Active
MUSK, Ryan Lewis
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-05-28
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Active
RENNISON, Lee Scott
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-01-01
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Active
SISLEY, William Hugh
director · ~73y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
TAYLOR, Benjamin James
director · ~57y · appointed 2026-02-10
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Active
WARD, Ian Robert
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-08-04
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Active
TYLER, Laurence Jack
secretary · appointed 1995-06-22 · resigned 2002-12-03
Resigned
ZIEMELIS, Stuart John
secretary · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2017-12-05
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-06-22 · resigned 1995-06-22
Resigned
ADAMS, Phillipe Maxwell
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-25 · resigned 2011-02-08
Resigned
ALLEN, John
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2004-05-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (154 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-07