THE CAREER GYM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06757444 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-25
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£7.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,190
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,425 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£91k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 70% YoY
Current Assets
£99k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£43k£64k£86k£107kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.2k£23.7k
Current assets£99.3k£107.2k
Cash£91.0k£107.2k
Debtors£8.3k—
Net assets£7.2k£23.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-22
    ➕
    DEEPROSE, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2023-10-13
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  7. 2022-09-05
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  8. 2021-10-07
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  9. 2020-09-24
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  10. 2019-09-17
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  11. 2018-07-16
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  12. 2017-11-09
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  13. 2016-11-24
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  14. 2015-12-04
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  15. 2015-11-24
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  16. 2014-12-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-03-17
    ➕
    DEEPROSE, Paul Thomas Field appointed
    director
  18. 2009-03-17
    ➖
    HART, Sharon resigned
    nominee-secretary
  19. 2009-03-17
    ➖
    WILKINSON, Colin John resigned
    director
  20. 2008-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As THE CAREER GYM LIMITED
  21. 2008-11-25
    ➕
    HART, Sharon appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-11-25
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Colin John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Thomas Field Deeprose
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/11/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Manufactory House
Bell Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 1BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DEEPROSE, Alison Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEEPROSE, Paul Thomas Field→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Sharon→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-11-25 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned
WILKINSON, Colin John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-11-25 · resigned 2009-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02