ASPIRE RACING LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £595.3k | £439.9k |
| Current assets | £1.06M | £510.0k |
| Cash | £399.7k | £178.1k |
| Debtors | £661.2k | £331.9k |
| Net assets | £595.3k | £439.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-06-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-06-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-06-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-08-03➖TELLING, Paul resigneddirector
- 2010-07-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ASPIRE RACING LIMITED
- 2010-07-01➕TELLING, Marc Ian appointeddirector
- 2010-07-01➕TELLING, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Marc Ian Telling Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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