ADVENTURE CHALLENGE EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05449129 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-11

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-10-07
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
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change-registered-office-address-company
address · AD01
2024-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-18
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-28
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LOOMBE, Paula Suzanne appointed
director
2022-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2021-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2009-11-01
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WEEKS, Ian Christopher resigned
secretary
2009-11-01
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WEEKS, Ian Christopher resigned
director
2006-03-06
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TIMMS, Jenny Grieve resigned
director
2005-05-25
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LOOMBE, Ian David appointed
director
2005-05-25
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WEEKS, Ian Christopher appointed
secretary
2005-05-25
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-25
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TIMMS, Jenny Grieve appointed
director
2005-05-25
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WEEKS, Ian Christopher appointed
director
2005-05-25
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-05-11
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Company incorporated
As ADVENTURE CHALLENGE EVENTS LIMITED
2005-05-11
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-11
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian David Loombe Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/04/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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.

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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

Incorporated2005-05-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Lytchett House Unit 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road

Lytchett Matravers

Poole

Dorset

BH16 6FA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

LOOMBE, Ian David→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-05-25

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Active

LOOMBE, Paula Suzanne→

director · ~57y · appointed 2022-12-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WEEKS, Ian Christopher→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-25 · resigned 2009-11-01

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-11 · resigned 2005-05-25

Resigned

TIMMS, Jenny Grieve→

director · ~49y · appointed 2005-05-25 · resigned 2006-03-06

Resigned

WEEKS, Ian Christopher→

director · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-25 · resigned 2009-11-01

Resigned

@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-11 · resigned 2005-05-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-13

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2026-05-13

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2025-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-17

change-registered-office-address-company

address · AD01

2025-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-05

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2024-05-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-07-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-24