DANNY CLARKSON'S FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD
🌳Matureactive
05759984 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-28
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-9.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,774
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 455% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £454 | £9.7k |
| Current assets | £3.0k | £12.4k |
| Cash | — | £412 |
| Debtors | £3.0k | £12.0k |
| Net assets | £-9.8k | £-1.8k |
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
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-21📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-08-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-21➕CLARKSON, Rachel Clare appointeddirector
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2022-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2006-04-05➕CLARKSON, Roy appointedsecretary
- 2006-04-05➕CLARKSON, Daniel Lee appointeddirector
- 2006-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs DANNY CLARKSON'S FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD
- 2006-03-28➕HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-28➖HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-28➕HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-03-28➖HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARKSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 20 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple 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 Daniel Lee Clarkson Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
6 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
Incorporated2006-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
Ground Floor 7 Neptune Court, Hallam Way
Whitehills Business Park
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 5LZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
CLARKSON, Daniel Lee→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2006-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKSON, Rachel Clare→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-28 · resigned 2006-03-28
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-28 · resigned 2006-03-28
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-02
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-14