ASPIRE SPORTING ACADEMY LTD

🌳Matureactive

07265113 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-25

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£3.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,186,290

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.8m

Net Worth

£3.2m

Current Assets

£3.4m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30
Total assets	£3.21M
Current assets	£3.35M
Cash	£1.84M
Debtors	£1.52M
Net assets	£3.19M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-07-07
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2026-03-02
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2025-04-01
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2023-11-28
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2023-01-03
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2022-01-10
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2021-04-19
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2020-12-04
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accounts · AA01
2019-11-07
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accounts · AA
2018-09-18
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2017-12-21
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2017-06-28
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2017-06-28
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2016-12-02
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2016-06-13
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2011-07-08
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GOODING, Steven Paul resigned
director
2011-07-01
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MURPHY, Jason Dean appointed
director
2010-05-25
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Company incorporated
As ASPIRE SPORTING ACADEMY LTD
2010-05-25
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LEWIS, John appointed
director
2010-05-25
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GOODING, Steven Paul appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No 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
Mr John Lewis Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Jason Dean Murphy Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-05-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

19 Victoria Street

Burnham-On-Sea

Somerset

TA8 1AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LEWIS, John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2010-05-25

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MURPHY, Jason Dean→

director · ~53y · appointed 2011-07-01

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Active

GOODING, Steven Paul→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2011-07-08

Resigned

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