AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03172553 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1996-03-14

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 2024

Net worth

£85.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

94910Activities of religious organisations

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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 (70/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

24 officers (8 active, 24 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £85,137

Cash YoY

+49%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£145k

↑ 49% YoY

Net Worth

£85k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£157k

↑ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£85.1k	£64.5k
Current assets	£157.5k	£106.7k
Cash	£144.8k	£97.4k
Debtors	£7.9k	£5.6k
Net assets	£85.1k	£64.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-02-19
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officers · TM01
2025-02-19
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officers · AP01
2025-02-06
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WOOD, Elspeth Louise appointed
director
2025-02-06
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HAMPSON, John resigned
director
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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officers · AP01
2022-04-22
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BOYDEN, Edmund John appointed
director
2022-02-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-18
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SHEARSBY, Robert John resigned
director
2021-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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officers · AP01
2020-09-18
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PEARSON, Geoffrey Seagrave appointed
director
2020-07-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-29
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SQUIRES, John Kenneth resigned
director
2020-03-04
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HOAD, Nigel Howard resigned
director
2020-03-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-01
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-26
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officers · AP01
2018-11-16
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SHEARSBY, Robert John appointed
director
2018-11-08
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OAKLEY, David William resigned
director
2017-03-01
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MONEY, Daniel Edward appointed
director
2016-03-18
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PRENTICE, Sally Joanne appointed
secretary
2016-03-18
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OAKLEY, David William resigned
secretary
2015-12-04
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SQUIRES, John Kenneth appointed
director
2015-06-26
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WOOD, Peter resigned
director
2014-06-26
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HAMPSON, John appointed
director
2012-09-24
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ROLES, Brian Alan appointed
director
2012-08-03
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SOUTHCOMBE, Alan Melville resigned
director
2011-01-31
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ROTHERAM, Philip resigned
director
2010-04-06
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SOUTHCOMBE, Alan Melville appointed
director
2007-11-05
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HOAD, Nigel Howard appointed
director
2007-11-05
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RAE, Peter Sands, Dr resigned
director
2006-01-01
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TUCKER, Ray resigned
secretary
2005-01-01
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OAKLEY, David William appointed
secretary
2005-01-01
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OAKLEY, David William appointed
director
2003-10-28
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RAE, Peter Sands, Dr appointed
director
2002-11-12
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THORPE, Trevor resigned
director
2000-09-01
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DANIELS, Graham resigned
director
1999-03-01
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DANIELS, Graham appointed
director
1997-10-15
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ORTLIP, Jonathan appointed
director
1997-10-15
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ROTHERAM, Philip appointed
director
1997-10-15
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THORPE, Trevor appointed
director
1997-01-01
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TUCKER, Ray appointed
secretary
1996-12-31
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ORTLIP, Jonathan resigned
secretary

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 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 30 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

Incorporated1996-03-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Claremont House

St Georges Road

Bolton

Lancashire

BL1 2BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-08

Last: 2026-02-22