ARDINGLY VILLAGE CLUB

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06531228 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-03-11
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93120Activities of sport clubs
  • 94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2024-02-23
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  4. 2022-12-05
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  5. 2022-08-26
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-08-22
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    SLOANE, James Fergus appointed
    director
  7. 2022-01-26
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  8. 2021-01-05
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  9. 2019-12-10
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  10. 2018-12-20
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  11. 2017-12-19
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  12. 2017-01-06
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  13. 2016-04-06
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  14. 2016-01-18
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  15. 2015-04-08
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  16. 2014-12-23
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  17. 2008-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDINGLY VILLAGE CLUB
  18. 2008-03-11
    ➕
    CURTIS, David Michael appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-11
    ➕
    CURTIS, David Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-11
    ➕
    PORT, David Leonard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2008-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Mill Wood House Church Lane
Horsted Keynes
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH17 7AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CURTIS, David Michael→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-11
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Active
CURTIS, David Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-03-11
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PORT, David Leonard→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-03-11
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Active
SLOANE, James Fergus→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-08-22
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Recent filings (42 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
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2025-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10