ATHERTON RACING LTD

🌳Matureactive

07567679 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-17

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.9y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 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)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	600	600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-15
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2018-08-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2011-03-17
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Company incorporated
As ATHERTON RACING LTD
2011-03-17
➕
ATHERTON, Daniel Simon appointed
director
2011-03-17
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ATHERTON, George David appointed
director
2011-03-17
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ATHERTON, Rachel Andrea appointed
director
2011-03-17
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BROWN, Daniel Patrick appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ATHERTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Daniel Patrick Brown Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2017
Mr Daniel Simon Atherton Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr George David Atherton Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Miss Rachel Andrea Atherton Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Daniel Patrick Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2011-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cefn Uchaf

Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant

Oswestry

Powys

SY10 0DT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ATHERTON, Daniel Simon→

director · ~44y · appointed 2011-03-17

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Active

ATHERTON, George David→

director · ~41y · appointed 2011-03-17

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Active

ATHERTON, Rachel Andrea→

director · ~39y · appointed 2011-03-17

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Active

BROWN, Daniel Patrick→

director · ~45y · appointed 2011-03-17

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	26/08/2021	—

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Recent filings (45 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-28

legacy

miscellaneous · RPCH01

2026-05-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-23