586 SPORTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04065248 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-05

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£-4.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,759

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£5k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£-4.8k	£-4.8k
Net assets	£-4.8k	£-4.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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2025-02-04
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2024-03-05
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2023-03-01
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2022-05-27
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2021-04-28
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2020-06-12
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2019-05-07
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2018-04-03
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2017-05-16
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2016-03-01
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2015-09-16
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2015-06-30
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2014-09-10
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2014-06-17
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2013-08-27
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CLARK HOWES BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-04-05
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CH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-04-05
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CLARK HOWES BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-05-10
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BLACK, Lesley Sonja appointed
director
2007-03-01
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BLACK, Lesley Sonja resigned
secretary
2007-03-01
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CH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-08-31
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ARMSTRONG, Barbara Helen resigned
secretary
2003-08-31
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BLACK, Lesley Sonja appointed
secretary
2001-01-31
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BLACK, Stephen William appointed
director
2001-01-31
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ARMSTRONG, Barbara Helen appointed
secretary
2001-01-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-05
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Company incorporated
As 586 SPORTS LTD
2000-09-05
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-05
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen William Black Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Ms Lesley Sonja Black Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-09-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Red House Farm

High Cross

Syresham

Northamptonshire

NN13 5TJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

BLACK, Lesley Sonja→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-05-10

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Active

BLACK, Stephen William→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-01-31

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Active

ARMSTRONG, Barbara Helen→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-31 · resigned 2003-08-31

Resigned

BLACK, Lesley Sonja→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-31 · resigned 2007-03-01

Resigned

CH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2011-04-05

Resigned

CLARK HOWES BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-05 · resigned 2013-08-27

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2001-01-31

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2001-01-31

Resigned

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