A K WATSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09132899 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-16
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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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£400.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £400,183
Net assets shrinking
Down £142,001 YoY
Cash YoY
-24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£130k
↓ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£400k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£371k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£109k£219k£328k£437k£547kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£412.4k£557.8k
Current assets£371.4k£546.9k
Cash£130.5k£172.4k
Debtors£198.1k£341.1k
Net assets£400.2k£542.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-04-01
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    WATSON, Alyse Miller appointed
    director
  7. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-01-07
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    WATSON, Duncan Kenneth appointed
    director
  18. 2014-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A K WATSON LIMITED
  19. 2014-07-16
    ➕
    WATSON, Anthony Kenneth Chisom appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WATSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WATSON, Alyse Miller (same surname) appointed 2025-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Kenneth Chisom Watson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1994 · age 32
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/07/2016
Mrs Alyse Miller Watson
Individual · American · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025

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
Incorporated2014-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

8 Progress Business Centre
Whittle Parkway
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 6DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WATSON, Alyse Miller→
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
WATSON, Anthony Kenneth Chisom→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-07-16
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Active
WATSON, Duncan Kenneth→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-01-07
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17