ABBEY SPORTS AND LEISURE LTD

🌳Matureactive
04662834 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£321.7k
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
63 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £321,720
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£192k
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£322k
↑ 104% YoY
Current Assets
£207k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£129k£193k£257k£322kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£712.4k£695.0k
Current assets£206.6k£178.7k
Cash£192.3k£144.9k
Debtors£9.6k£31.1k
Net assets£321.7k£157.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-06-10
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    TEE, Andrew James resigned
    director
  17. 2003-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY SPORTS AND LEISURE LTD
  18. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Philip Dudley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Philip Dudley appointed
    director
  21. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-02-11
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    TEE, Andrew James appointed
    director
  24. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-02-11
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Dudley Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

St. Oswald's Road
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2TF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Philip Dudley→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Gillian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Philip Dudley→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned
TEE, Andrew James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2013-06-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-02