ELITE SPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03664793 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£16.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,047

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
Net Worth
£16k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£16.0k£14.2k
Current assets£20.0k£20.1k
Cash£18.6k—
Debtors£317—
Net assets£16.0k£14.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2023-08-22
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  4. 2022-08-19
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  5. 2021-08-27
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  6. 2020-11-11
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  7. 2019-08-23
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  8. 2018-08-28
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  9. 2017-08-31
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  10. 2016-08-18
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  11. 2015-10-22
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  12. 2015-08-26
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  13. 2015-08-22
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2014-11-01
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    BROOM, Nigel John Perryman, Dr appointed
    director
  15. 2014-10-22
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  16. 2014-08-28
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  17. 1998-11-16
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    BROOM, Nigel John Perryman, Dr appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-11-16
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    STOKES, Jennifer Jane Keeble appointed
    director
  19. 1998-11-16
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    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1998-11-16
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    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1998-11-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ELITE SPORT LIMITED
  22. 1998-11-10
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    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-11-10
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    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Ms Jennifer Jane Keeble Stokes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant 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
Incorporated1998-11-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Elite Sport House
9 Damson Way
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL4 9XU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROOM, Nigel John Perryman, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-16
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Active
BROOM, Nigel John Perryman, Dr→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOKES, Jennifer Jane Keeble→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-10 · resigned 1998-11-16
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-10 · resigned 1998-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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2025-09-30
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2025-08-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-01
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accounts · AA
2019-08-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-03