AWESOME WALLS CLIMBING CENTRES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05516862 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £1.06M |
| Current assets | — | £446.1k |
| Cash | — | £318.1k |
| Debtors | — | £98.8k |
| Net assets | — | £573.3k |
| Average employees | 84 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-11-09🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2016-11-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-03-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-10-10➖DOUGLAS, Julie resignedsecretary
- 2007-06-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lee-Mar Estates Limited
- 2005-07-25🏢Company incorporatedAs AWESOME WALLS CLIMBING CENTRES LIMITED
- 2005-07-25➕DOUGLAS, David John appointeddirector
- 2005-07-25➕DOUGLAS, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-25➕THOMAS, Howard appointednominee-secretary
- 2005-07-25➖THOMAS, Howard resignednominee-secretary
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Stephne Anne Douglas Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/04/2025 |
Mr David John Douglas Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
43 School Bank
Norley
Frodsham
Cheshire
WA6 8NW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
DOUGLAS, David John→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOUGLAS, Julie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-07-25 · resigned 2009-10-10
THOMAS, Howard→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-25 · resigned 2005-07-25
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/03/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lee-Mar Estates Lee-Mar Estates Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 06/06/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12