ADVANCED GOLF LTD
🌳Matureactive
07136870 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-26
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Black Country Reinvestment Society LTD
- 2010-01-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED GOLF LTD
- 2010-01-26➕BATEMAN, Daniel John appointeddirector
- 2010-01-26➕BATEMAN, Katie Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Katie Louise Bateman Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Daniel John Bateman Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities
Registered office
Suite 6, Coalport House Stafford Court
Stafford Park 1
Telford
TF3 3BD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BATEMAN, Daniel John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BATEMAN, Katie Louise→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2010-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Black Country Reinvestment Society Black Country Reinvestment Society LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/12/2015 | 24/03/2022 |
Recent filings (45 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26