AFTON FITNESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07881792 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-14
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 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-137.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £137,911
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£19k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Net Worth
-£138k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£234k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £99.7k | £-178.2k |
| Current assets | £234.4k | £208.0k |
| Cash | £19.3k | £20.4k |
| Debtors | £215.1k | £187.6k |
| Net assets | £-137.9k | £-232.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-07-24📍default-companies-house-registered-office-address-appliedaddress · RP05
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-06-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-12-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AFTON FITNESS LIMITED
- 2011-12-14➕CROWSON, James Michael appointedsecretary
- 2011-12-14➕CROWSON, James Michael appointeddirector
- 2011-12-14➕CROWSON, Linda Thomson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Linda Thomson Crowson Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/12/2016 |
Mr James Michael Crowson Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities
Registered office
Crabtree
Hamm Court
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 8YE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CROWSON, James Michael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-12-14
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CROWSON, James Michael→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2011-12-14
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CROWSON, Linda Thomson→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2011-12-14
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/06/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-09
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22