CEEFOX SPORTS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
07661658 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-08
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£9.36M
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,950,314
Revenue decline
Turnover down 17% YoY
Turnover YoY
-17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Turnover£9.36M£11.26M
Gross profit£2.24M£2.50M
Operating profit£1.95M£2.24M
Profit before tax£1.95M£2.23M
Average employees300500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-18
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    FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-18
    ➖
    O'REILLY, Sean James resigned
    director
  5. 2024-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-10-18
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2020-09-09
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-09-08
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    O'REILLY, Sean James appointed
    director
  20. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2017-08-23
    ➕
    GALE, Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 2016-07-26
    ➕
    FOXCROFT, James appointed
    director
  24. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy appointed
    director
  25. 2011-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CEEFOX SPORTS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  26. 2011-06-08
    ➕
    FOXCROFT, Carol Anne 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Ceefox Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ceefox Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CEEFOX SPORTS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
This company · 07661658

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ceefox Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/09/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Foxcroftceased 01/09/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Carol Anne Foxcroftceased 01/09/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Lucy Foxcroft-Wardleceased 01/09/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

8 Adelaide Row
Seaham
County Durham
SR7 7EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FOXCROFT, Carol Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXCROFT, James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALE, Robert, Mr.→
director · ~82y · appointed 2017-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXCROFT-GALL, Lucy→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-03-24 · resigned 2024-10-18
Resigned
O'REILLY, Sean James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-09-08 · resigned 2024-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06