ASPULL RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08619891 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-07-22

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-12-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-18
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SMITH, Craig resigned
director
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-24
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JUMP, Martin Robert resigned
director
2023-04-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-22
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SMITH, Craig appointed
director
2022-09-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
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HEATON, David resigned
secretary
2021-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-23
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-05-01
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HEATON, David appointed
secretary
2018-05-01
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WALSH, Christian resigned
secretary
2018-04-01
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WALSH, Christian resigned
director
2013-07-22
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Company incorporated
As ASPULL RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
2013-07-22
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WALSH, James appointed
director
2013-07-22
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YATES, Michael Ian appointed
director
2013-07-22
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WALSH, Christian appointed
secretary
2013-07-22
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JUMP, Martin Robert appointed
director
2013-07-22
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WALSH, Christian 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Woodshaw Park Woods Road

Aspull

Wigan

WN2 1PJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WALSH, James→

director · ~81y · appointed 2013-07-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

YATES, Michael Ian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2013-07-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HEATON, David→

secretary · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2022-08-28

Resigned

WALSH, Christian→

secretary · appointed 2013-07-22 · resigned 2018-05-01

Resigned

JUMP, Martin Robert→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-07-22 · resigned 2023-05-24

Resigned

SMITH, Craig→

director · ~35y · appointed 2023-03-22 · resigned 2024-06-18

Resigned

WALSH, Christian→

director · ~43y · appointed 2013-07-22 · resigned 2018-04-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-05

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

officers · CH01

2025-11-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-27

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2024-12-20

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-12-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-25

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-09-06

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-09-06