ASHFIELD RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04997948 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-12-17

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 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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 7.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

25 officers (9 active, 25 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2025-11-21
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GREASLEY, Thomas resigned
director
2025-11-21
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officers · TM01
2025-06-09
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officers · TM01
2025-06-08
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CHILDS, Thomas Mark resigned
director
2025-04-08
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DANBY, Craig appointed
director
2025-04-08
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officers · TM01
2025-04-08
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officers · AP01
2025-04-07
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REEVES, Leanne resigned
director
2025-02-05
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accounts · AA
2025-01-11
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WARD, Andrew Peter resigned
director
2025-01-11
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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accounts · AAMD
2024-07-30
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DOBB, Brian appointed
director
2024-07-30
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officers · AP01
2024-06-10
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2024-06-05
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2024-06-05
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2024-06-02
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TURNBULL, Mathew appointed
director
2024-06-02
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REEVES, Leanne appointed
director
2024-05-20
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POULTER, Danielle resigned
director
2024-05-20
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officers · TM01
2024-02-08
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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officers · CH01
2023-07-26
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2023-07-25
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RILEY, Lois appointed
director
2023-07-25
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CHILDS, Thomas Mark appointed
director
2023-07-25
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DOBB, Brian resigned
director
2023-07-25
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GREASLEY, Thomas appointed
director
2023-07-25
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HEALD, Joshua Luke resigned
director
2023-07-25
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WARD, Andrew Peter appointed
director
2023-07-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-25
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2023-07-25
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2023-07-25
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2023-07-25
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2023-05-29
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OWEN, David Richard resigned
director
2023-05-29
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2022-09-12
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FOSTER, Christian resigned
director
2022-05-22
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TAYLOR, Amanda appointed
director
2022-05-22
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FOSTER, Christian appointed
director
2022-05-22
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HEALD, Joshua Luke appointed
director
2022-05-22
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POULTER, Danielle appointed
director
2022-05-22
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TRUSWELL, Edwin Henry resigned
director
2019-07-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Rugby Football Foundation
2019-04-10
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HANNAH, John Charles resigned
director
2017-08-29
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CUTTS, Neil Martyn appointed
secretary
2017-08-29
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KILLICK, Trevor James resigned
secretary
2017-08-14
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HANNAH, John Charles appointed
director
2016-03-14
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REES, Mark Andrew appointed
director

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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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

Incorporated2003-12-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

120 Greenacres

Kirkby-In-Ashfield

Nottingham

NG17 7GF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-20

Last: 2025-10-06