AMACSPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04779660 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85510Sports and recreation education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-07-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2025-06-02
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  8. 2025-06-02
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  9. 2025-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-05-30
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-07-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2003-05-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AMACSPORTS LIMITED
  22. 2003-05-29
    LEE, Elizabeth Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-05-29
    LEE, David Roland appointed
    director
  24. 2003-05-29
    LEE, Elizabeth Rosemary appointed
    director
  25. 2003-05-29
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-05-29
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-05-29
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-05-29
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 23 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Roland Lee
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
2550%
25-50% shares01/01/2017
Mrs Elizabeth Rosemary Lee
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
2550%
25-50% shares01/01/2017

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

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85410 — Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Registered office

The Main Building Ackholt Road
Aylesham
Canterbury
CT3 3AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LEE, Elizabeth Rosemary
secretary · appointed 2003-05-29
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Active
LEE, David Roland
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-05-29
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Active
LEE, Elizabeth Rosemary
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-05-29
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Active
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned
DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/04/201021/07/2025

Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04