ASHFORD (SHORT LANE) SPORTS LTD

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06125760 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-02-23

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£70.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

24 officers (9 active, 24 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £70,019

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,769 YoY

Cash YoY

-9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£143k

↓ 9.4% YoY

Net Worth

£70k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Assets

£168k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£70.0k	£72.8k
Current assets	£167.8k	£173.7k
Cash	£142.5k	£157.3k
Debtors	£19.0k	£10.4k
Net assets	£70.0k	£72.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2025-11-11
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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SIDHU, Navjot Singh appointed
director
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2024-10-10
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accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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SMITH, Neil Craig appointed
director
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2023-06-15
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LEDGER, Graham David appointed
director
2023-06-15
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officers · AP01
2022-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
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officers · TM01
2022-11-17
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PARKER, Ian resigned
director
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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2021-08-19
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DOGGETT, Mark Edward appointed
director
2021-06-09
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officers · TM01
2021-06-07
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LUNN, Christopher resigned
director
2020-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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officers · AP01
2020-09-04
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PARKER, Ian appointed
director
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-25
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officers · TM01
2018-06-25
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officers · TM01
2018-06-21
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SUTCH, David resigned
director
2018-06-21
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SUTCH, Stephanie resigned
director
2017-04-20
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BRANT, David Mark Elias appointed
director
2016-11-17
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SIMPER, Ben resigned
director
2014-06-19
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SUTCH, Stephanie appointed
director
2013-09-11
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HUSBAND, Adam resigned
director
2012-03-20
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FROST, Paul James resigned
director
2012-03-15
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LUNN, Christopher appointed
director
2011-05-01
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HUSBAND, Adam appointed
director
2011-03-01
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SIMPER, Ben appointed
director
2010-05-19
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DONELAN, Jesse Michael resigned
director
2010-02-28
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SUTCH, David appointed
director
2009-06-01
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DONELAN, Jesse Michael appointed
director
2009-05-20
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BAKER, David Jonathan resigned
director
2009-05-20
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SMART, Sophie Marie resigned
director
2009-03-17
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EVANS, Robert John Emlyn resigned
director
2008-12-01
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NASH, Keith Stanley appointed
director
2008-06-19
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EVANS, Christopher James Sydney appointed
secretary
2008-06-18
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NICHOLSON, Howard resigned
secretary
2008-06-18
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NICHOLSON, Howard resigned
director
2007-03-08
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EVANS, Christopher James Sydney appointed
director
2007-03-08
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MORGAN, Lynne appointed
director
2007-03-08
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BAKER, David Jonathan appointed
director
2007-03-08
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EVANS, Robert John Emlyn appointed
director
2007-03-08
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FROST, Paul James appointed
director
2007-03-08
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SMART, Sophie Marie appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2007-02-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Ashford Sports Club

Short Lane

Stanwell

TW19 7BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23