ABBEYDALE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03876665 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-15
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£93.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 26.1y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £93,188

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£93k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£37k£56k£75k£93kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£669.0k£470.0k
Current assets£12.9k£11.6k
Net assets£93.2k£90.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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  2. 2025-06-30
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  3. 2025-01-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-01-17
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lta Operations Limited
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-29
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  7. 2022-06-29
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  8. 2022-02-25
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    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-30
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  12. 2019-06-28
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  13. 2019-02-07
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-02-07
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    Charge satisfied #4
  15. 2018-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-30
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  17. 2016-06-30
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  18. 2012-02-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2008-04-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Lawn Tennis Association Actings by Its Nominees Lta Nominees Limited
  20. 2000-04-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Principal Standard Limited
  21. 2000-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Lawn Tennis Association (Acting by Its Nominee Lta Nominees Limited
  22. 2000-03-27
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    GLEDDEN, John Richard appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    GLEDDEN, John Richard appointed
    director
  24. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    GLEDDEN, Laura Kate appointed
    director
  25. 2000-03-27
    ➖
    UPRICHARD, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  26. 2000-03-27
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    CLARK, Ross Mckenzie resigned
    director
  27. 1999-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYDALE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED
  28. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    UPRICHARD, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-11-15
    ➕
    CLARK, Ross Mckenzie appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 John Richard Gledden
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest15/11/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Abbeydale Road South
Dore
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S17 3LJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GLEDDEN, John Richard→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEDDEN, John Richard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEDDEN, Laura Kate→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UPRICHARD, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 2000-03-27
Resigned
CLARK, Ross Mckenzie→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 2000-03-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lta Operations
Lta Operations Limited
A registered charge1 property17/01/2025—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/02/201207/02/2019
outstanding
The Lawn Tennis Association Actings by Its Nominees Lta Nominees
The Lawn Tennis Association Actings by Its Nominees Lta Nominees Limited
Legal charge1 property15/04/2008—
satisfied
Principal Standard
Principal Standard Limited
Legal charge1 property14/04/200025/02/2022
outstanding
The Lawn Tennis Association (Acting by Its Nominee Lta Nominees
The Lawn Tennis Association (Acting by Its Nominee Lta Nominees Limited
Legal charge1 property14/04/2000—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16