DIAMOND FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITED

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03195352 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees600600

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-26
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  3. 2024-02-22
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2022-04-04
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  6. 2021-04-21
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  7. 2020-02-25
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-06-06
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    address · AD01
  10. 2018-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-04
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  12. 2017-02-27
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  13. 2016-06-23
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  14. 2016-02-25
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  15. 2015-06-25
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  16. 2015-02-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2013-12-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 1998-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  19. 1996-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As DIAMOND FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 1996-05-07
    ➕
    KILTY, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-05-07
    ➕
    PETERKIN, Stephen John appointed
    director
  22. 1996-05-07
    ➕
    EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1996-05-07
    ➖
    EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1996-05-07
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    EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 1996-05-07
    ➖
    EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Peterkin
Individual · English · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

9 Cheam Road
Epsom
KT17 1SP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

KILTY, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-07
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Active
PETERKIN, Stephen John→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-05-07
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Active
EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-05-07 · resigned 1996-05-07
Resigned
EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-05-07 · resigned 1996-05-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2015—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/12/2013—
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/03/1998—
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Recent filings (79 total)

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2026-03-11
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2026-02-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13