AS SPORTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05024148 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£50.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (65/100).

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, 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 (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £50,857
Net assets shrinking
Down £52,409 YoY
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£104k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Assets
£130k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£26k£52k£78k£104k£130kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£51.3k£110.7k
Current assets£130.0k£123.1k
Cash£104.4k£95.8k
Debtors£3.6k£5.3k
Net assets£50.9k£103.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-12-24
    ➕
    QURESHI, Uzair Asad appointed
    director
  14. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-25
    ➕
    QURESHI, Asad Yasin appointed
    director
  17. 2014-06-23
    ➕
    QURESHI, Asad Yasin appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-06-22
    ➖
    QURESHI, Samia resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-02-01
    ➖
    QURESHI, Waqar resigned
    director
  20. 2004-04-20
    ➕
    QURESHI, Samia Asad appointed
    director
  21. 2004-04-19
    ➖
    QURESHI, Asad Yasin resigned
    director
  22. 2004-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AS SPORTS LTD
  23. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    QURESHI, Samia appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    QURESHI, Asad Yasin appointed
    director
  25. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    QURESHI, Waqar appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Samia Asad Qureshi
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Asad Yasin Qureshi
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest08/11/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

Warehouse 1 Hargreaves Road
Groundwell Industrial Estate
Swindon
SN25 5AZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

QURESHI, Asad Yasin→
secretary · appointed 2014-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Asad Yasin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Samia Asad→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Uzair Asad→
director · ~33y · appointed 2019-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Samia→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2014-06-22
Resigned
QURESHI, Asad Yasin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-04-19
Resigned
QURESHI, Waqar→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2014-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06