BACK2SPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive
05191176 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-12.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,476

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 226% YoY
Current Assets
£351
↓ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£12k-£9k-£7k-£4k-£553£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-12.5k£-3.8k
Current assets£351£2.4k
Net assets£-12.5k£-3.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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  3. 2023-09-07
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  4. 2022-09-13
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  5. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-09-23
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2017-09-27
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  10. 2016-09-20
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  11. 2015-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-07-28
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  13. 2014-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-08-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BACK2SPORT LTD
  17. 2004-07-28
    ➕
    BITTING, Neil appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-07-28
    ➕
    BITTING, Christine appointed
    director
  19. 2004-07-28
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    BITTING, Neil appointed
    director
  20. 2004-07-28
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-07-28
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-07-28
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-07-28
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

16 Woolston Avenue
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 2ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BITTING, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-28
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Active
BITTING, Christine→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-07-28
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Active
BITTING, Neil→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-28 · resigned 2004-07-28
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-28 · resigned 2004-07-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-28