ASTORIA SPORTS WALLINGTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03465483 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-13
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 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    KENDRICK, Louise resigned
    director
  7. 2021-08-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-08-01
    ➕
    KENDRICK, Louise appointed
    director
  10. 2020-11-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-09-01
    ➕
    KENDRICK, Louise Clare appointed
    director
  12. 2020-08-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-22
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-12-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2015-09-01
    ➖
    KENDRICK, Michael Hall resigned
    director
  20. 2000-02-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 1999-08-04
    ➕
    KENDRICK, Neil Michael appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-08-03
    ➕
    KENDRICK, Michael Hall appointed
    director
  23. 1999-05-31
    ➖
    SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-05-31
    ➖
    SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John resigned
    director
  25. 1999-05-31
    ➖
    SYLVESTER, Ryan resigned
    director
  26. 1998-02-26
    ➕
    SYLVESTER, Ryan appointed
    director
  27. 1997-12-11
    ➕
    KENDRICK, Neil Michael appointed
    director
  28. 1997-12-11
    ➕
    SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-12-11
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-12-11
    ➕
    SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John appointed
    director
  31. 1997-12-11
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1997-12-11
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1997-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASTORIA SPORTS WALLINGTON LIMITED
  34. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Michael Kendrick
Individual · English · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/11/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · BR postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ANOMILY LTD→
16183802 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ARTSABELLE LTD→
13055543 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ASCOT GOLF (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→
04521056 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
ATHELSTAN LTD→
13280018 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ATO-TOURS LIMITED→
10582481 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
AUTUMN LORDS ASSOCIATES LIMITED→
06455705 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————18y——
AVIATE TRAVEL LTD→
15157362 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AYO BERRY ENTERTAINMENT LTD→
07838052 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————14y——
BAS MUSIC LIMITED→
07429664 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
BATSLAMUK LIMITED→
16686677 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
BBDB LIMITED→
16051885 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BCA PERFORMANCE LTD→
15131376 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

20 Arragon Gardens
West Wickham
Kent
BR4 9LJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

KENDRICK, Neil Michael→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENDRICK, Louise Clare→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENDRICK, Neil Michael→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-11 · resigned 1999-05-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1997-12-11
Resigned
KENDRICK, Louise→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-08-01 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
KENDRICK, Michael Hall→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-08-03 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned
SYLVESTER, Jamie Peter John→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-12-11 · resigned 1999-05-31
Resigned
SYLVESTER, Ryan→
director · ~50y · appointed 1998-02-26 · resigned 1999-05-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1997-12-11
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1997-12-11
Resigned

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

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/02/2000—
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24