ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04098879 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-30
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-05-29
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  3. 2024-05-14
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  4. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2018-07-24
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  10. 2017-07-17
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  11. 2016-07-13
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  12. 2015-10-30
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  13. 2015-07-31
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  14. 2015-05-22
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-01-01
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    ROBBINS, Karen Clare appointed
    director
  16. 2014-11-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-02-01
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    AFSHAR, Lucille Anne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-02-01
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    AFSHAR, Lucille Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2004-04-01
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    AFSHAR, Iain appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-01
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    AFSHAR, Brett resigned
    director
  21. 2004-04-01
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    AFSHAR, Daniel resigned
    director
  22. 2004-04-01
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    AFSHAR, Nina resigned
    director
  23. 2000-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITY COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 2000-10-30
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    AFSHAR, Lucille Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    AFSHAR, Brett appointed
    director
  26. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    AFSHAR, Daniel appointed
    director
  27. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    AFSHAR, Lucille Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2000-10-30
    ➕
    AFSHAR, Nina appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Afshar
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/05/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

18 Heath Ridge
Long Ashton
Bristol
BS41 9EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

AFSHAR, Iain→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-04-01
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Active
ROBBINS, Karen Clare→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AFSHAR, Lucille Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2012-02-01
Resigned
AFSHAR, Brett→
director · ~52y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
AFSHAR, Daniel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
AFSHAR, Lucille Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2012-02-01
Resigned
AFSHAR, Nina→
director · ~49y · appointed 2000-10-30 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30