ACTIVE SPORTS NUTRITION SUPPLIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04925714 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-08

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£335.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.6y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £335,078

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,305 YoY

Cash YoY

-7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£68k

↓ 7.0% YoY

Net Worth

£335k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£789k

↓ 9.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£350.8k	£378.2k
Current assets	£788.8k	£873.9k
Cash	£68.3k	£73.4k
Debtors	£53.4k	£53.3k
Net assets	£335.1k	£338.4k

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

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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 (26 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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officers · CH01
2024-03-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
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capital · SH08
2022-11-22
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capital · SH10
2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-10-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2021-04-19
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accounts · AA
2020-05-07
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accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-15
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address · AD03
2016-08-31
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KING, Jamie Michael appointed
director
2007-10-01
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KING, Lee Daniel appointed
director
2003-12-08
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-12-08
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-10-08
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE SPORTS NUTRITION SUPPLIES LTD.
2003-10-08
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KING, Andrea Jill appointed
secretary
2003-10-08
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KING, Andrea Jill appointed
director
2003-10-08
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KING, Richard Dennis appointed
director
2003-10-08
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-10-08
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Andrea Jill King Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Richard Dennis King Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-10-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Albert Works

Albert Street

Huddersfield

HD1 3QG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-22

Last: 2025-10-08