ABERYSTWYTH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB LTD

🌳Matureactive

04065963 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2000-09-06

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£187.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

48 officers (9 active, 48 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

154 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £186,995

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£93k

Net Worth

£187k

Current Assets

£171k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30
Total assets	£236.9k
Current assets	£171.0k
Cash	£92.6k
Debtors	£75.1k
Net assets	£187.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (114 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2025-09-24
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officers · TM01
2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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EDWARDS, James Lavin resigned
director
2025-03-28
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2025-03-01
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TURNER EVANS, Owain appointed
director
2024-09-07
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BUNKER, Catherine appointed
director
2024-07-24
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STEEDS, William Edward Pryderi appointed
director
2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-07-17
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2024-05-16
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JONES, Emyr Wyn resigned
director
2024-05-16
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MORRISON, Kevin Grant resigned
director
2024-05-13
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EVANS, David Turner resigned
director
2024-05-01
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ROBERTS, Tomos Meredydd appointed
director
2024-04-14
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2023-12-01
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CROCKETT, Thomas Anthony appointed
secretary
2023-12-01
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BATES, Anthony Paul resigned
secretary
2023-08-01
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DUGGAN, James Joseph appointed
director
2023-08-01
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TRUMAN, Nigel appointed
director
2023-05-10
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accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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2021-06-15
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2020-10-23
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2020-02-01
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BATES, Anthony Paul resigned
director
2019-06-26
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LEWIS, Thomas Edward resigned
director
2018-08-27
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JAMES, John Emyr resigned
director
2018-01-01
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BURNER, Robert resigned
director
2017-09-05
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JONES, Emyr Wyn appointed
director
2017-03-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-08-01
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BURNER, Robert appointed
director
2015-11-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-10
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JONES, David Richard Hinton resigned
director
2013-07-10
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LIVINGSTONE, Steven Andrew resigned
director
2013-07-02
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EVANS, Anthony Charles resigned
director
2013-07-02
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HIDES, David Henry resigned
director
2013-07-02
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STEEDS, David resigned
director
2010-09-01
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BATES, Anthony Paul appointed
secretary
2010-09-01
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LIVINGSTONE, Steven Andrew resigned
secretary
2010-06-09
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LIVINGSTONE, Steven Andrew appointed
director
2009-10-01
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BATES, Anthony Paul resigned
secretary
2009-10-01
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LIVINGSTONE, Steven Andrew appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2000-09-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Park Avenue

Aberystwyth

Dyfed

SY23 1PG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-20

Last: 2025-09-06