AFAN VALLEY COMMUNITY LEISURE

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09756505 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2015-09-01
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
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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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-28
    ➕
    DAVIES, Nicola-Jayne appointed
    director
  6. 2022-09-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-20
    ➖
    THOMAS, Ralph, Councillor resigned
    director
  10. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-03-07
    ➖
    JONES, Jane resigned
    director
  16. 2015-09-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFAN VALLEY COMMUNITY LEISURE
  17. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Sheila May appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, Scott appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, William Arthur Garry appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Royston Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    PARKER, Gloria Jean appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Hayley appointed
    director
  24. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    JONES, Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    THOMAS, Ralph, Councillor appointed
    director
  26. 2015-09-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2015-09-01
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cymmer Swimming Pool
School Road
Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
SA13 3EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (8 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIES, Nicola-Jayne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-06-28
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Active
JOHNSON, Sheila May→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
JONES, Robert→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
JONES, Scott→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, William Arthur Garry→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Royston Thomas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Gloria Jean→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
PHILLIPS, Hayley→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
JONES, Jane→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2017-03-07
Resigned
THOMAS, Ralph, Councillor→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2020-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25