CHAMPION STROKES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08332127 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-10-13
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    officers · AP03
  5. 2022-10-01
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    PARSONS, Andrew Louis appointed
    secretary
  6. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-10-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-09-27
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  12. 2019-04-30
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-15
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    ADLINGTON, Stephen appointed
    director
  14. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2017-09-28
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  16. 2016-09-29
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  17. 2016-02-29
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    NEEDS, Harry resigned
    director
  18. 2016-01-01
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    NEEDS, Harry appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-01
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    ADLINGTON, Kay appointed
    director
  20. 2012-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAMPION STROKES LIMITED
  21. 2012-12-14
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    ADLINGTON, Rebecca 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
Miss Rebecca Adlington
Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2012-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cromwell House
68 West Gate
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

PARSONS, Andrew Louis→
secretary · appointed 2022-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADLINGTON, Kay→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-03-01
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Active
ADLINGTON, Rebecca→
director · ~37y · appointed 2012-12-14
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Active
ADLINGTON, Stephen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-04-15
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Active
NEEDS, Harry→
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2016-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14