ALDERSHOT AND FLEET RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

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07517968 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-02-04

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£42.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £42,411

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£42k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£43k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£42.4k	£36.4k
Current assets	£42.6k	£32.4k
Net assets	£42.4k	£36.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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OXFORD, David Eric appointed
director
2024-08-21
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FINLAYSON, Charlotte Anne resigned
director
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-01-12
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accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-13
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officers · AP01
2020-09-13
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officers · AP01
2020-08-15
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MALCOLM, Paul Darren appointed
director
2020-08-15
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FINLAYSON, Charlotte Anne appointed
director
2020-02-15
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HUNT, Robert Andrew resigned
director
2020-02-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-02-23
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address · AD01
2019-01-30
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accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts · AA
2017-03-29
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BOOTH, Martin Christopher resigned
director
2011-02-04
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Company incorporated
As ALDERSHOT AND FLEET RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
2011-02-04
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KNIGHT, Merrik Ashley appointed
secretary
2011-02-04
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COOMBES, Duncan appointed
director
2011-02-04
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KNIGHT, Merrik Ashley appointed
director
2011-02-04
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THOMAS, Malcolm Victor appointed
director
2011-02-04
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WILLIAMS, Hugh James appointed
director
2011-02-04
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BOOTH, Martin Christopher appointed
director
2011-02-04
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HUNT, Robert Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2011-02-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Aldershot & Fleet Rufc

Heron Wood Road

Aldershot

Hampshire

GU12 4AL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04