AMBLESIDE SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07551259 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-03-03

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

£74.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £74,390

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£74k

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£77k

↑ 8.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£74.4k	£69.0k
Current assets	£77.3k	£71.1k
Net assets	£74.4k	£69.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
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STOBBART, Elizabeth Ann resigned
director
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
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CROMPTON, Katherine appointed
secretary
2025-03-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-05-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
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MCDOUGALL, Paul James appointed
director
2023-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
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DEAN, Robin Paul appointed
director
2023-03-28
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RIGG, Vernon William appointed
director
2023-03-28
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ROBERTS, Duncan Forbes resigned
secretary
2023-03-28
➖
BLACKBURN, Marjorie resigned
director
2023-03-28
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DEAN, Robin Paul appointed
director
2023-03-28
➖
DEAN, Robin Paul resigned
director
2023-03-28
➖
ROBERTS, Duncan Forbes resigned
director
2023-03-28
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SPARROW, Fiona Mary resigned
director
2023-03-28
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STOBBART, Elizabeth Ann appointed
director
2023-03-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-09
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BLACKBURN, Marjorie appointed
director
2011-06-09
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SPARROW, Fiona Mary appointed
director
2011-06-08
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SPARROW, Fiona Mary resigned
director
2011-04-01
➕
SPARROW, Fiona Mary appointed
director
2011-03-03
🏢
Company incorporated
As AMBLESIDE SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
2011-03-03
➕
HIRST, John appointed
director
2011-03-03
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ROBERTS, Duncan Forbes appointed
secretary
2011-03-03
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ROBERTS, Duncan Forbes 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

-4 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 77 — 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 77 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

Incorporated2011-03-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

A F Mcghee & Co, Chartered Accountants

54 Main Road

Windermere

LA23 1DX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03