CHALLENGE SPORT AND EDUCATION LTD

💤Zombieactive
08332038 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93120Activities of sport clubs
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 3 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees37003500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-11-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-11-01
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    LAWRENCE, Ricky resigned
    director
  13. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2012-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CHALLENGE SPORT AND EDUCATION LTD
  18. 2012-12-14
    ➕
    BERLIN, Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2012-12-14
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Ricky appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Doug Berlin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ricky Lawrenceceased 01/11/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2012-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

2 Tamarix Crescent
London Colney
St. Albans
AL2 1UT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BERLIN, Douglas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-12-14
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Active
LAWRENCE, Ricky→
director · ~38y · appointed 2012-12-14 · resigned 2019-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-21